How Houston’s business leaders can help end systemic racism

A month ago, we were grappling with the devastation Covid-19 caused in our country. I, like many others, worried that black business owners who barely survived Hurricane Harvey, would not survive this fresh, new trauma.

Then, the video of George Floyd’s murder was released and reminded us of the deepest brutality black people experience in this country. The violence took our breath away. A nation stopped for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to watch the life crushed from George’s body by someone they…