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Podcast: The Bay
Episode: PPP Loans Were Meant to Help Businesses, But Many in Bay Area Communities of Color Didn’t Get Them
Description: On International Boulevard in East Oakland, just 5% of businesses received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans from April to August of 2020. Meanwhile, in the nearby, mostly white neighborhood of Montclair, 49% of businesses received a PPP loan. Advocates and small business owners point to factors like language barriers, a complicated application process, and a legacy of banks not serving communities of color.This kind of disparity exists all over the Bay Area, and as the region reopens, this unequal distribution of loans will have lasting impacts.Guest: Adhiti Bandlamudi, KQED Silicon Valley reporterThis story w...