Misquote in article by the "Center for Public Integrity"

We were incorrectly cited in an article titled "THE HEIST: How can we close our racial wealth gap? by Jamie Smith Hopkins on March 22, 2022.

The article made a number of false and misleading statements, including that we are "pessimistic about the odds of closing (the Black/white wealth gap) through any means because American society has so long been structured to extract wealth from Black people, not just historically but also in more recent decades through avenues like predatory lending."

We are not pessimistic. We have developed several tools and written many books that show this. See: The JOBS Act: Crowdfunding Guide to Small Businesses and Startups 2nd Edition. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MT104U1/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_N51QKTHKS32E53HZ251V and: Thriving as a Minority-Owned Business in Corporate America: Building a Pathway to Success for Minority Entrepreneurs 1st ed. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1484272390/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_S19RDNY2TEC17NJZHHQ5

What we are is realistic.

The citation is also misleading in the following way: it's as if I told the reporter "2+2 equals 4, I believe" and the reporter wrote that I did not know the answer to the question "how much is two plus two?" Clearly, the reporter and entity have an agenda, probably pushed by non-Black monetary interests. (We note that the entity "Public Integrity applied for and received $657,600 and $566,669 under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).." We have not gotten PPP financing, alto we did facilitate PPP Business Financing for a Black Law Firm. We have been critical of the PPP program's inability to provide financing to other Black firms.)

It may be that our record for integrity, stretching back to our founding in 1989, is a competitive threat, and the Center seeks more credit for integrity than they deserve. This "misinterpretation" is probably also tied to our regulatory filings and Amicus briefs. to damage us. This is unfortunate, but not unexpected. It is a common tactic of the compromised and those lacking integrity.

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