Por: The Root Crime September 13, 2024
The legal battle between Fearless Fund and a conservative anti-woke-anti-DEI-anti-everything-else group has come to a disappointing settlement. The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based grant firm catering to minority-owned businesses, came under fire last August by the American Alliance for Equal Rights. nnThe nonprofit claimed the fund practiced racial discrimination in their Fearless Strivers Grant Contest. The contest, sponsored by JPMorgan Chase... + full article
The Root USA Business July 23, 2024
Conservatives (read: racists) have spent a considerable amount of energy working to take down the Fearless Fund over its simple premise: To raise capital for business run by Black women — one of the most underrepresented and marginalized demographics in corporate America.... + más
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Just months after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education, conservatives have set their sights on a new target: initiatives meant to close racial disparities in business. Companies, governments and venture capitalists have been hit with complaints... + más
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NBC News USA Business October 02, 2023
A grant program for businesses run by Black women was temporarily blocked by a federal appeals court in a case epitomizing the escalating battle over corporate diversity policies. The 2-1 decision by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily prevents the... + más
ABC News USA Business August 11, 2023
Fearless Fund, a venture capitalist firm that invests in female entrepreneurs of color, is now the target of a lawsuit launched by a group founded by the man who led the fight to take down affirmative action in higher education.When we set out to start we had one clear vision in... + más
NBC News USA Business August 11, 2023
Attorneys for an Atlanta-based venture capital firm being sued over a grant program for Black women vowed Thursday to fight back against the lawsuit, calling it misguided and frivolous. At a New York news conference, the attorneys also announced that prominent civil rights... + más
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