This week’s episode is a continuation of an important conversation that has been happening in the small business and creative community around racism and racial justice. Doing this as a business owner can present some unique challenges because many of us have single-person businesses.

To help us with this conversation are Nikita Montgomery, founder and owner of Hazel O. Salon in Old Town Alexandria, and Dr. Andrea Holman, a psychologist, and professor at Huston Tillotson University in Austin, Texas.

In this episode, we talk about what it really takes to create a diverse business, including:

• The importance of representation and why it matters for people of color;
• The subtle difference between trying to look like you value diversity versus actually valuing diversity, and;
• How to use your business’s platform to bring marginalized people to the table
• The pitfalls to avoid for white entrepreneurs engaging in anti-racism work

Links

Follow Niki on Instagram or Twitter.

Check out Hazel O. Salon in Old Town Alexandria, VA, or follow them on Instagram.

Follow Dr. Andrea Holmon on Instagram or visit her website. Watch her recent webinar about responding to social injustice.