The pandemic provided even further evidence to contradict the deeply embedded racist narratives that have shaped the existing social safety net Ebony Beals takes after her dad. Originally from Canton, Mississippi, he founded a string of successful small businesses in the Los Angeles area, including an auto repair shop, a corner store, a screen print T-shirt shop, a car wash.
That reality came to pass suddenly in March 2020, as the pandemic took hold and Beals had to close down her salon. But that same month, she received the first of twelve monthly payments of $1,000 in unrestricted cash, as part of Magnolia Mother’s Trust, a guaranteed income demonstration program that Beals actually helped design.
With some of her business income restored, she started using some of the extra $1,000 a month to invest in the salon. She hired an interior decorator, bought some new equipment, a new chair, and added a pedicure station. “Every time I got money, I would buy something new for the salon. Something I could point to and say I got the most out of that investment,” Beals says. “It went from a nice salon to even nicer.
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