I gotta be honest here. No matter how many times you tell me that affirmative action and quotas in hiring and school admissions are a good idea, I will never agree. “But aren’t you for equality?” Of course I am. “Don’t you want things to be fair?” Well, yeah, duh. But the only way hiring — or anything else, for that matter — will ever be completely equitable is for people to give no regard whatsoever to race or sex and focus solely on the credentials of the applicant.
Before we go further into this topic, let’s take care of …read more

Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday, although January 21st is the official recognized holiday. But today, I wanted to take a brief moment to reflect on one of the greatest Civil Right’s leaders of our time.
You can read about his effect on my life and my tribute to him here.
Have a great day!
Bridget

Women of color are starting to comprise a significant share of the business marketplace and are finding themselves as fiece competitors in a businessworld that was once primarily reserved for those who had a “right” to be there. Maybe their family had “old money”. Or maybe their educational accomplishments alone bought them unspoken rights to secure large loans or prime real estate. Whichever way, it was not always as common to see women of color as businessowners. But for women of color who are aspiring business owners, there is encouragement where there are minority and women-owned businesses making headlines.
Do women of …read more