# Postdoctoral fellow Rachel Marie Brooks Atkins is quoted in an article highlighting why Black-owned restaurants are seeing a surge of interest and support

1 School News June 4, 2020 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/06/04/black-owned-restaurants-are-seeing-a-surge-of-interest-and-support-advocates-say-its-a-start/) -- "'The campaign to 'buy black' is not new in the black community, notes Rachel Marie Brooks Atkins, a postdoctoral faculty fellow at New York University’s Stern School of Business. She says many people who study black entrepreneurship are skeptical that even more widespread adoption can have a lasting impact, noting that the challenges facing black businesses are more fundamental than cash flow."

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