Minority entrepreneurs face discrimination when seeking loans

(Brigham Young University) A disheartening new study from researchers at Utah State University, Brigham Young University and Rutgers University reveals that discrimination is still tainting the American Dream for minorities.The three-part research article, which appears online in the Journal of Consumer Research, finds that minorities seeking small business loans are treated differently than their white counterparts, despite having identical qualifications on paper.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news