Arab Americans Seek Disadvantaged Minority Status
2nd June 2012
The U.S. Commerce Department is considering a petition to include Arab Americans on the list of socially and economically disadvantaged minority groups eligible for special business assistance.
The petition was submitted earlier this year by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) to make Arab Americans eligible for the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). The MBDA helps minority entrepreneurs establish and grow their businesses.
According to the ADC petition there has been an increase since 9/11 in “discrimination and prejudice in American society resulting in conditions under which Arab-American individuals have been unable to compete in a business world.”
Guess people don’t want to do business with potential terrorists. Wonder why that is?