MBA2688 Is Business Harder for People of Color?

Today, I'm gonna answer the question, is business harder for people of color? Yes. The answer is unequivocally yes, and I'll break down why. But I also wanna get into the question, is it a bad thing? Is a harder road to success a bad thing? I've been in the game for a very long time and as a person of color, I've seen both sides. The invisible walls, the subtle doubts, the assumptions, and I also see the pride, the hustle, the creativity that comes from not having it easy. I grew up in an immigrant family. My parents immigrated from Egypt to The US, and I grew up looking different. I had a strange last name. People didn't know what I was. Am I Mexican? Am I Indian? You know, they just had no idea. And it always something I had to explain to people before they can even get to know me. Even as a child, this has been a, you know, a challenge as a person of color. But today, I'm gonna go there. I'm talking about business and is it harder for people of color to be in business and to grow and be successful in business? And yes, it is. And I'm gonna prove it to you. But I'm also gonna explain why I'm okay with that. I'm okay with the fact that it is harder. Let's get into it. Welcome back to the $100 MBA show. I'm your host, Omar Zenholm, where I deliver practical business lessons three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday to help you start, grow and scale your business. Before we jump in, can I get thirty seconds of your time? We love guiding you on your business journey and we want to help even more people build their dream businesses and lives. So if you could hit the follow button on this podcast app, it would be greatly appreciated. It's completely free and it helps us out more than you know. Thanks. I wanna start by saying that I debated if I should do this episode, but I felt compelled to because I've never talked about this topic. I really haven't shared my thoughts on this idea, but it's been a part of my life all my life, being a minority, being a person of color, being a person of a different culture other than being white. And I know that a lot of my listeners can resonate with that. I know that people that are not a person of color can also resonate with this and understand and kinda see both sides and their allies in this conversation. So I wanna start with that. I wanna start with the fact that this is my own personal experience, but it's also the experience of millions of people that are in business. Next, let's just deal with the hard truth. Business is harder for people of color and it's not always what you think. K? It's not just …