Minorities Need to Look at Self-Imposed Barriers
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The interview with entrepreneur Lionel Sosa regarding success in business for the Latino population and the deeply ingrained cultural barriers to success speak volumes not just to the population targeted in the interview, but to many communities in the U.S. that fall under the minority classification [“Latino Entrepreneur-Author Dares Others to Share Dream,” April 15]. I am no Latino.
Nonetheless, because of my racial makeup, I do fall under the often limiting category of minority.
Mr. Sosa’s candid remarks about self-induced cultural and psychological barriers to success need to be looked at by no other but the victims themselves, who continue to perpetuate their own demise.
Many such victims are highly represented in the so-called minority groups.
The struggle for self-determination, whether in the arena of economics, education or political power, should start from a psychological liberation of the individual person, as poignantly addressed by Mr. Sosa.
BETE WOLDEYOHANNES
Pasadena
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