I'm calling out everybody, specifically Forbes, Inc, Business Week, and Entrepreneur magazines.I just went to all of their web sites looking for interesting articles and topics to blog about. I've done this before, and people generally enjoy the points that I outline.
However, this time was different. While surfing their sites, I noticed something common on each of their homepages that perhaps I missed before. I saw tons of pictures of people, but not one single African American or Hispanic face.
There are hundreds of thousands of Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs out there, but rarely if ever does one get featured in these magazines or on their web sites. Even worse, few if any are hired as columnists and contributors.
Check for yourself:
Forbes - www.Forbes.com
Inc - www.Inc.com
Business Week - www.BusinessWeek.com
Entrepreneur - www.Entrepreneur.com
I don't know what to call it: racism, institutional racism, discrimination, ignorance, or all of the above.
Thank goodness for Black Enterprise, Hispanic Business, DiversityInc, Turning Point UrBiz, Savoy Professional, NV Magazine, and other similar magazines. If it weren't for them, one could easily be fooled into believing that minority entrepreneurs don't exist.
Sad.
Amen.
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