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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The number of black-owned firms--the word minority is not a word that has any meaning any longer.

On the recordJuly 21, 2009
The number of black-owned firms--the word minority is not a word that has any meaning any longer.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton discusses the need for specific data on minority-owned firms.

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