Few are brave enough to tackle as big an issue as
discrimination--or optimistic enough to expect solutions; however,
a recent report released by the Simmons College Multicultural Women
Business Owners Project ventures to do just that. This giant step
for womankind takes on the goal of solving the "whitewash
dilemma," or "the dominant white anglo male perspective,
which assumes all women are alike," says Lynda Moore,
co-director of the project with Bonita Betters-Reed.
"The whitewash dilemma is that most of the advancement for
women has been for white women and not for women of color,"
says Betters-Reed. "We must look at gender through a
multicultural lens, which includes class and socioeconomic as well
as racial and ethnic issues."
The report is the result of a conference held last May at
Simmons College in Boston, in which women leaders, from U.S.
Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman to Maxwell House president Anne
Fudge, discussed ways of enacting change. "The report reflects
the way research is done on women's business ownership, the way
education and training is conceptualized and delivered, and the way
policies are framed," says Moore.
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Next on the agenda is a compilation of training and educational
materials; more in-depth research on women business owners; and
proclamation of the message to a broad-based audience.
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