Nickname: Bettie

Review: Excellent article on black entrepreneurs. One of the ways for black America to obtain economic power! Unfortunately, many corporations still don't embrace diversity. Lots of talk, no action. They are really missing out on some very talented, smart, creative individuals.

Date reviewed: Oct 2, 2006 7:43 PM

Nickname: sade

Review: Obviously Ryan doesn't know his world history. Affirmative Action is alive and well, and has been since the establishent of the United States. That system continues down to this day. After all, what undereducated African American could become president? If Affirmative Action is in the White House, what's the complaint. The guy is Caucsian, isn't he? I guess, once again, it wasn't meant for us!

Date reviewed: Oct 2, 2006 6:18 PM

Nickname: Amir

Review: Ryan: Let me guess. You are yet another majority male who feels that they have been adversely impacted by affirmative action. Let me enlighten you. Corporate America is not benevolent. It does nothing out of altruistic innitiative. In fact many of the fortune 500 companies mentioned in the article have had significanr reductions in the number of so called minonrities at the executive ranks. As for allowing them to do it on their own; that can only happen when we truely become a race nuetral society. Ryan's comments illustrates perfectly that we are not there yet.

Date reviewed: Sep 22, 2006 3:09 PM

Nickname: Mr504

Review: Ryan, That was a racist and ignorant comment. Even if affirmative action programs helped black entrepreneurs become sucessful, these are the same programs that have helped women-owned business, disabled business, and other disadvantaged businesses. What this does is level the field against racist practices. The bottom line is, if a minortiy business receives a client, it is because they are are a minortity. The only way they are going to keep that client,is by performing a valuable task, cheaper, faster, and with better service, than their counterparts.

Date reviewed: Sep 20, 2006 8:28 PM

Nickname: vince

Review: Good information.

Date reviewed: Sep 20, 2006 4:01 PM

Nickname: Heather A James

Review: BusinessWeek Online Editor and Barbara Thomas, thank you! As a loyal subscriber of BusinessWeek, this online article is a great read. This is valuable information and provides context for Black MBAs, as a run-up to next week's annual NBMBAA Conference in Atlanta, GA. I do hope that BusinessWeek will follow this conferece. Lastly, one of the main reasons I attended Clark Atlanta University (MBA '01), was due to the ROI ranking that Clark Atlanta University achieved in 1998. Please know that BusinessWeek is a valued source of information to the HBCU community. Ironically, this year Clark Atlanta Univeristy has attained the designation of NBMBAA Educational Partner of the Year. Continued success, Heather A. James Penn State Univeristy, BS Acctg'92 Clark Atlanta University, MBA Marketing, '01

Date reviewed: Sep 20, 2006 2:53 PM

Nickname: Ryan

Review: I'm guessing Affirmative Action helped this happen. So, can we stop using it now so African Americans can do this on their own? Or does society still owe them?!

Date reviewed: Sep 20, 2006 4:25 AM