Posts Tagged ‘ minority owned business ’

Minorities Still Challenged To Access Capital

Apr 18th, 2010 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Politics & Policy

Most mainstream American whites like to indulge themselves with the comfortable belief that we, as a nation, have long since conquered the ugly scourge of racism. That is why, when minorities complain of the racially-based challenges they continue to face, those complaints are often chalked up to hypersensitivity and dismissed. Sadly for them, the numbers [...]

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Biases Still Plague Firms Seeking Capital

Sep 15th, 2008 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Politics & Policy

A Senate Small Business Committee hearing last week explored the ongoing challenges faced by women and minorities, and small business owners from distressed urban and rural communities, when it comes to access to capital. The picture portrayed through witness testimony was pretty grim. It was also hauntingly familiar. We learn that collateral and net worth [...]

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