What is a Minority Business Enterprise?
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) defines the demographic group that includes minorities as “socially disadvantaged” and defines that description within its web site as: “Socially disadvantaged individuals are those who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias because of their identity as members of a group. Social disadvantage must stem from circumstances beyond their control. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, individuals who are members of the following designated groups are presumed to be socially disadvantaged: Black Americans; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans (American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and Native Hawaiians); Asian Pacific Americans (persons with origins from Japan, China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, Samoa, Guam, U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Republic of Palau), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Laos, Cambodia (Kampuchea), Taiwan; Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Bru
Related Questions
- What is the difference between this new program and MBDA’s Minority Business Enterprise Center and Minority Business Opportunity Center programs?
- How does a vendor become certified as a Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) or a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) vendor?
- I am a disadvantaged/minority/woman owned business enterprise (D/M/WBE); how can I compete for the DFW Airport’s business?
