If you still need convincing that power and racism are pebbles in our nation’s economic shoe, then try this on for size: in 2016 the Center for Global Policy Solutions reported that, due to discriminatory financing practices and a bias toward companies primarily operated by White males, the United States is missing out on having 1.1 million new minority-owned businesses and thus forgoing more than 9 million potential jobs and $300 billion in collective national income. Ouch. These numbers illustrate a massive missed opportunity for not only our country’s economic potential but also for the livelihood and self-determination of those who will comprise the majority of American citizens in as little as just two decades: people of color.