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Women Who Inspire: Entrepreneurs Who Are Resetting Amid COVID-19

By Lindsay Hoffman and Caroline Kim — 2020

While we have yet to see the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic, we have begun to witness its severe impact on our global economy. Businesswomen, specifically businesswomen of color, have been disproportionately affected. Consequently, they’ve been forced to adapt to the continuously changing tides. Here are six entrepreneurs’ inspirational stories of how they are doing just that.

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Social and Financial Capital: The Ingredients Black Women Business Owners Are Missing

Even though Black women are starting businesses at a rapid rate, their businesses earn less revenue, remain smaller, and have a higher failure rate.

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Antionette Ball
2021
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Emotional Labor Is a Store Clerk Confronting a Maskless Customer

The preeminent sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild discusses the control over one’s feelings needed to go to work every day during a pandemic.

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Gary Stix
2020
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The Meaning of Serena Williams

There is a belief among some African-Americans that to defeat racism, they have to work harder, be smarter, be better.

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Claudia Rankine
2015
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Muhammad Ali: Social Justice and Civil Rights Icon

Muhammad Ali’s advocacy for racial justice began with his awareness and experience of racism and white supremacy in Louisville, Kentucky. His dedication to his boxing career was accompanied by his profound conviction that he had a greater purpose.

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University of Louisville Library
2021
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How Colin Kaepernick Inspired Activism, Awareness and Seattle Athletes to Speak Out Against Racial Injustice

Athletes, now more than ever, are demanding to be heard on social-justice issues. Their fans are watching, listening and—yes—engaging in ways never seen, too.

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Adam Jude
2020
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Denial Is the Heartbeat of America

When have Americans been willing to admit who we are?

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Ibram X. Kendi
2021
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Mental Health Effects of Racism on Indigenous Communities

Racism is increasingly recognized as a factor that plays a role in mental health as well as disparities in mental health care. This can be particularly true among many of the most marginalized groups, including Indigenous communities.

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Kendra Cherry
2021
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The Intersectionality Wars

When Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term 30 years ago, it was a relatively obscure legal concept. Then it went viral.

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Jane Coaston
2019
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The Trauma of an American Untouchable

Arisika Razak shares her reflections on trauma, oppression, and healing the wounds of racism.

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Arisika Razak
2021
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We Need a New Language to Discuss Diversity and Inclusion

The current conversation pushes us to perceive diversity and inclusion as lack. I propose we rewrite the narrative of human symphony.

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Pamela Abalu
2019
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