Replies

Even thought I was qualified; I was turned down for a small business loan because I am married to a white man.

Update: Still married to him. Coming up on 24 years in Oct.

We do the same nonsense.

A friend of mine named Carlos was offered a job at HUD. They liked him quite a bit during the interview. But upon looking at his application closely, they discovered that he wasn’t Hispanic. His Mother simply liked the name Carlos. HUD retracted the offer!

Even thought I was qualified; I was turned down for a small business
loan because I am married to a white man.

I wonder if "minor legend" business success here in Oklahoma
caused that problem.

IIRC, a highly successful bidness in Oklahoma was started with
SBA loans taken out by a lady (using "Native American" status)
to start what became a booming bidness run by her (dare I say)
"paleface" spouse and workforce.

NO FLAMES PLEASE!!!
Plenty of Okies from across the spectrum of "Indian" to "white"
to "black" start and run a lot of successful bidnesses.

But I wonder if this one example caused the SBA to shut down the
"spouse as a front" avenue to loans based on some sort of "oppressed"
or "minority" status.