OPINION/ COMMENTARY/ LETTERS; EDITORIALS
economy.
In ew Yor City, for ex­
ample, the cost of a taxicab
medallion is more th n S70,(XX);
as result, few Blacks in e'
Yor own taxis. By contr st,
Washington, D.C., has many
Black-owned taxis because of
the city's low entry cost.
Home-occupation ordina -
ce are playing an increasing
significant role in keeping
B lacks poor. The city of
Chicago, for example, puts
severe restrictions on home-
d wor including a prohibi­
tion on networ ing between
home nd office computers.
While some of the restricti ns
are seldom enforced, they act as
a deterrent to would-be
entrepreneur and could be
used by an e tabli hed busin
to wrad off fled lin com­
petitor . With s man as 3 per­
cent of Ie propri l r hips and
73 percent f female-owned
busine e operatin out of
ne' hom. th implica-
tions for Bl c - and par­
ticul rl Black fe al -headed
househ 1 - arc nsiderabl.