“If a minority entrepreneur is savvy enough and hard working enough to make a business survive at all, they don’t need a bloody thing from Uncle Sugar.”
Perhaps. But it doesn’t change the fact that being a minority can give one special treatment - special POSITIVE treatment - by the government or colleges. It doesn’t change the fact that banks are under pressure to give loans to minorities that they would deny to a white.
Well, maybe I'm just out of the loop on such special access and treatment.
The one and only time my wife and I ever tried getting help for our business from fedgov was in our very early days. We applied for a 'micro loan' from the Small Business Administration and they turned us down flat. This, despite the fact that we were even stable homeowners at the time.
I only did it at the behest of my dad, who was twisting my arm to utilize the 'special programs' etc., for small minority-owned businesses.
Bunch of total bs, and I never wasted my time again. People talk about all this special access and help for minorities, but you can't prove it by me. I've had to bust my ass and pay my own way my whole life. And that's just fine with me.