Institutional racism and misogyny are the Achilles heel of this state and this country.
I direct you to former SBDC director Paul Bardack’s witness testimony in Annapolis in support of the 50 million Equitech Growth Fund under management by TEDCO - an agency slapped with two race and gender lawsuits in 2022:
And nowhere is racism more observable than in the wholesale theft of black owned farms and land by the USDA throughout the 20th century. The country built its industry and agriculture production on the backs of black enslaved labor.
Although this historical essay was published over 25 years ago, it provides context for the Maryland marine industry and African American labor: Black Men, Blue Waters:
And Maryland lost a a great leader of Maryland Chesapeake Bay African American history, Vince Leggett, a year ago. His foundation carries out his work:
Thanks Jill. What people were telling me is that they feel like African Americans get shoved to the back of the bus and afro-grinadians and afro Jamaicans and afro-africans and people from someplace else people whose family didn't come from this country go to the head of the line. Would you take a look an awful lot of our key leaders or either white or African heritage from someplace? Else. What's wrong with people from America?
Of course, these weren't really my feelings because as a pretty much white guy I'm not inclined to feel this sort of stuff, but my African American friends feel like they're pushed aside.
Institutional racism and misogyny are the Achilles heel of this state and this country.
I direct you to former SBDC director Paul Bardack’s witness testimony in Annapolis in support of the 50 million Equitech Growth Fund under management by TEDCO - an agency slapped with two race and gender lawsuits in 2022:
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/cmte_testimony/2023/wam/1M5MNdJ93nUeiMEK8be9_Q1ehJ_E6bW6D.pdf
And nowhere is racism more observable than in the wholesale theft of black owned farms and land by the USDA throughout the 20th century. The country built its industry and agriculture production on the backs of black enslaved labor.
Although this historical essay was published over 25 years ago, it provides context for the Maryland marine industry and African American labor: Black Men, Blue Waters:
https://www.mdsg.umd.edu/sites/default/files/files/MN16_2_BlackMenBlueWaters.PDF
And Maryland lost a a great leader of Maryland Chesapeake Bay African American history, Vince Leggett, a year ago. His foundation carries out his work:
https://www.blacksofthechesapeake.com
You will not find parity in farming or the marine industry in Maryland.
I am truly sorry if someone feels this way. I always consider the person, not the color.
Thanks Jill. What people were telling me is that they feel like African Americans get shoved to the back of the bus and afro-grinadians and afro Jamaicans and afro-africans and people from someplace else people whose family didn't come from this country go to the head of the line. Would you take a look an awful lot of our key leaders or either white or African heritage from someplace? Else. What's wrong with people from America?
Of course, these weren't really my feelings because as a pretty much white guy I'm not inclined to feel this sort of stuff, but my African American friends feel like they're pushed aside.