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Kamala Harris: “Oftentimes, we find that when black entrepreneurs and black…”

Featuring: Kamala Harris, Democrat | Former Vice President of the United States | National

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We The People: An Audio Town Hall With Kamala Harris & Charlamagne Tha God

Published | Video Starts at 49:36

And one of them was, what we need to do around getting folks the help to just be able to buy the equipment they need to run their business. And Oftentimes, we find that when black entrepreneurs and black people apply for credit, they're denied at a higher rate than others. We have also seen, and the data proves this, that all of those realities also tend to dissuade black folks, and black entrepreneurs in particular, from even applying for credit. (49:36–49:46)

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Asserts that black entrepreneurs face higher credit denial rates.

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