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Rice University: FEMA Disaster Recovery Funds Favor White Entrepreneurs, Study Finds
August 13, 2021
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 13 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release:

Federal recovery funding after a disaster may disproportionally benefit white entrepreneurs, according to new research from Rice University's Department of Sociology.

"The Racially Unequal Impacts of Disasters and Federal Recovery Assistance on Local Self-Employment Rates" is the first local study examining patterns of racial inequality in self-employment linked to fede . . .

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