Talk:Minority entrepreneurship in the United States
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 January 2025 and 16 May 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Derek Carver (article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Derek Carver (talk) 22:07, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
- I am planning on adding to minority-focused incubator section, highlighting specific areas where minority entrepreneurship is prevalent in immigrant communities with a direct link to the kitchen incubators page Derek Carver (talk) 20:08, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- To strengthen the article’s treatment of systemic inequality, I added two new sections: Structural Barriers Facing Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs and Policy Gaps and Minority Entrepreneurship. The first section introduces an intersectional analysis of how race, gender, and immigration status combine to create distinct challenges for immigrant women entrepreneurs. Drawing on scholars such as Nancy Fraser and Robert Fairlie, this addition highlights issues such as misrecognition in policy, language barriers, and limited access to capital and business networks. I incorporated La Cocina as a case study that exemplifies an alternative, justice-oriented incubation model offering culturally competent support. The second section addresses how race-neutral public policies often fail to adequately support minority-owned businesses, especially those led by immigrants. Citing critiques from recent scholarship, I emphasized the need for equity-focused approaches that move beyond venture capital strategies and instead invest in community wealth-building and inclusive ecosystems. These edits expand the article’s scope by incorporating structural, gendered, and policy-based insights into the conversation around minority entrepreneurship in the U.S. Derek Carver (talk) 20:40, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- I cut La Cocina. We should not be mentioning individual organizations like that, since it serves to inappropriately promote them over others. MrOllie (talk) 20:47, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- To strengthen the article’s treatment of systemic inequality, I added two new sections: Structural Barriers Facing Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs and Policy Gaps and Minority Entrepreneurship. The first section introduces an intersectional analysis of how race, gender, and immigration status combine to create distinct challenges for immigrant women entrepreneurs. Drawing on scholars such as Nancy Fraser and Robert Fairlie, this addition highlights issues such as misrecognition in policy, language barriers, and limited access to capital and business networks. I incorporated La Cocina as a case study that exemplifies an alternative, justice-oriented incubation model offering culturally competent support. The second section addresses how race-neutral public policies often fail to adequately support minority-owned businesses, especially those led by immigrants. Citing critiques from recent scholarship, I emphasized the need for equity-focused approaches that move beyond venture capital strategies and instead invest in community wealth-building and inclusive ecosystems. These edits expand the article’s scope by incorporating structural, gendered, and policy-based insights into the conversation around minority entrepreneurship in the U.S. Derek Carver (talk) 20:40, 13 May 2025 (UTC)