George Floyd’s untimely death was about much more than busted policing practices.

It was an event of epic martyrdom in the fight toward equal treatment. It was a painful reminder of the questionable comments, discriminatory behavior and prejudiced belief system black people endure daily.

If we can all agree that being black is not easy, we should similarly agree that being black and being a founder is at least twice as hard. Here’s why. As an entrepreneur, one of the most challenging aspects is the constant struggle to explain how racial biases challenge your experiences, particularly with fundraising. The offenses aren’t as clear as being choked by police as George Floyd was, or hunted down as Ahmaud Arbery was, or even profiled as Christian Cooper was in Central Park by Amy Cooper. But they are there.

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