NEWS BRIEF: New campaign aims to tackle racial bias in the south
Racial bias a business problem, too.
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A campaign to address structural racism and inequality is being launched in six southern cities. The Southern Communities Initiative chose Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Houston, Memphis, and New Orleans partly because they contain about half the country’s Black population in which some of the strongest disparities prevail, according to The Atlanta Voice. Despite a strong Black business community in Atlanta with considerable educational clout, and a substantial Black media, only six percent of firms are owned by Blacks, the article said. theatlantavoice.com