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  • 1.  MBE/WBE Quotas - Opportunity or Trap?

    Posted 08-01-2014 03:15 PM
    This message has been cross posted to the following Discussion Forums: College of Fellows and Regional and Urban Design Committee .
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    Friday, August 1, 2014

    DBE firm Set-Asides - Opportunity or Trap?

    Rosa Parks probably didn't seat herself at the front of the bus so that one day all public buses would reserve the first two rows for minorities. That was not an outcome she aimed for and not one anyone lived to see.  But in a way that is how set-aside programs for minority businesses operate.
    A rare sight: Women minority architects.
    Tiffany Brown at The Brewster Projects - Detroit, Michigan
    Photo: GB Cortez McGhee

    This analogy may rub many the wrong ways since set-asides for minorities awarded to "disadvantaged business enterprises" (DBE) address economic inequality, and date at least as far back.... 

    Full article here

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    Nikolaus Philipsen FAIA
    Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
    Baltimore MD
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  • 2.  RE: MBE/WBE Quotas - Opportunity or Trap?

    Posted 08-04-2014 08:01 PM

    Mr. Phillisen:  you are a terrific writer and Architect/Urban Designer.  I read your articles very often.  But, maybe you should stick to Architecture and Cities as a subject.
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    Nelson B. Nave AIA
    Owner
    Nelson Breech Nave, AIA Architect
    Kalamazoo MI
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    AIA26 San Diego June 10-13