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Stacey Abrams on two major barriers for diverse founders

Stacey Abrams on two major barriers for diverse founders

Every year critics decry the lack of Black executives atop companies on the Fortune 500 list. As of now, only four Black CEOs lead companies on the list, two of whom are women. But less attention gets paid to the dearth of non-white leaders at the tens of millions of small businesses nationwide. Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, a prominent Democrat and entrepreneur, in a new interview detailed the barriers that prevent women and people of color from launching and sustaining… Source link

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Chattanooga coach fired after Abrams tweet

Chattanooga coach fired after Abrams tweet

A Chattanooga football assistant coach no longer has his job after he disparaged Stacey Abrams on social media. The school announced Thursday morning that Chris Malone had been fired after a Tuesday night tweet calling Abrams “Fat Albert” along with other insults because of the results of Georgia’s Senate elections. There is absolutely no evidence that any significant voter fraud took place in Georgia in either November or January. Abrams, a former Georgia state legislator and… Source link

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