I really appreciate some of the points made and perspective offered and I would like to include a few of my own to add more nuance to this picture. Both of my parents (one Hispanic, one white) have been in the salon business. Texas was on the forefront of salons reopening due to the controversy around a white female salon owner in Dallas who was sentenced to 7 days in prison (by a Black judge) for reopening her salon to "feed her family" and allow her employees to do the same. Soon after Texas quickly started the process of allowing salons to open granted they follow safety procedures. My understanding is that salons offer 1:1 services that offer more opportunities to control exposure, sanitation and crowd management than "country clubs" or restaurants, which is why the reopen started there, not necessarily as is suggested in this video that minorities are being used as a nonconsensual front line test group. My father (Hispanic) runs a small independent business as a hair dresser (serving mostly Hispanic and white women). Though the early reopening was seen as a victory and celebrated by him and his colleagues who were eager to return to work he was - and continues to be - hit hard by the response to Covid, despite the lessoning of restrictions. As you pointed out now people in those industries are less qualified to receive financial assistance, however since so many others are either working from home or have lost their jobs there is less "business" for salons.
