Progress for minority businesses endangered by DEI rollbacks

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Lisa Ranglin, president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, says minority-business growth is threatened by federal efforts to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion programs. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­RUPERT WHITELEY
UNDER ­PRESSURE: 
Lisa Ranglin, president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, says minority-business growth is threatened by federal efforts to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion programs. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­RUPERT WHITELEY

Government and anecdotal data suggest Rhode Island in the last few years has been a generally supportive environment for most minority entrepreneurs. The question for minority advocates and entrepreneurs alike is: Will the growth and support continue amid an attempted federal rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion programs? Black-owned small businesses in Rhode Island grew

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