People of Color in Predominantly White Institutions
Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 7th Annual National Conference (2002)
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Date of this Version
November 2002
Document Type
Article
Abstract
For some time now, four year institutions have been circulating the myth that education equals a job upon graduation. Along with this myth, the university system makes it appear as if this equation works across the board, for minority graduates as well as majority group members. A third prong of the falsehood is that a job or a career is the ultimate goal. Very little mention is ever made of self-sufficiency or entrepreneurship. In this paper, we present a community-based model of economic development that revolves around minority students starting their own businesses rather than opting for graduation and then beginning the hunt to "look for a white boss to adopt them.”