When the online review platform Yelp added a “Black-owned” tag in 2020, it boosted the visibility of Black-owned restaurants in Detroit. It also caused their ratings to drop, according to our recent ...

When the online review platform Yelp added a “Black-owned” tag in 2020, it boosted the visibility of Black-owned restaurants in Detroit. It also caused their ratings to drop, according to our recent ...

Yelp's Black-owned tag was designed to help business owners like Don Studvent attract more customers. His restaurant closed in 2018 after nine years in business. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio When the online ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Both local and nonlocal reviewers who showed awareness of a restaurant’s Black ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) When the online review platform Yelp added a “Black-owned” tag in 2020, it ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Bui, University of Michigan and Cameron Moy, University of Pennsylvania (THE ...