Big companies have a history of oppressing small businesses and putting a heavy burden on low-income communities. But diversity builds economic vitality, uplifts communities, and promotes productivity and resilience. For a green economy, holistic sustainability is impossible without the inclusion of all. Even more concerning is that by , the median wealth for Black families is projected to fall to zero. Small businesses and entrepreneurs have been longtime wealth builders in our society. By supporting more Black-owned businesses, Green Americans can create more opportunities for meaningful savings, property ownership, credit building and generational wealth. When small businesses flourish, so do their communities. But banks often hinder that prosperity by discriminating against African American and other entrepreneurs of color seeking small business loans.

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African-American businesses , also known as Black -owned businesses or Black businesses, originated in the days of slavery before Emancipation and civil rights permitted businessmen to operate inside the American legal structure starting in the Reconstruction Era —77 and afterwards. By the s, thousands of small business operations had opened in urban areas. The most rapid growth came in the early 20th century, as the increasingly rigid Jim Crow system of segregation moved urban Blacks into a community large enough to support a business establishment.
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