100 Statistics that Prove Systemic Racism is a Thing
Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash The amount of denial being displayed on the role of systemic racism in this country has been nothing short of baffling to me. But I have to I remind myself that not everyone is a Black woman social scientist who has been steeped in these issues her entire career. Not everyone holds […]
Reimagining Supplier Diversity
Photo by Andy Li on Unsplash The racial uprising following the murder of George Floyd, coupled with the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on BIPOC-led businesses have caused countless institutions and organizations to consider how they might better support small business success among people of color. The broader conversation typically lands on access to capital. Venture capital in particular […]
Creating a black entrepreneur “fund”? Read this first.
It has already started. The steady cadence of announcements of resources being directed to support black entrepreneurs and founders in the wake of COVID-19 and the uprising surrounding the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. Those of us who labor in this arena stand in the wings with a cautious eye. Over […]
Disrupt This! Why Minority Entrepreneurship is Stuck and What Needs to Happen Next
228 years. That’s the amount of time it will take for black family wealth to equal that of white family wealth. It’s just 17 years shy of the total amount of time that blacks in this country lived under slavery. For Latinos, the number is less shocking, but equally dire, at 84 years (source). In […]