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The Real Race Revolutionaries: How Minority Entrepreneurship Can Overcome America's Racial and Economic Divides by [Alfredo Ortiz, Bernie Marcus]

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"Alfredo Ortiz heads one of my favorite organizations, Job Creators Network. Now he has written one of my favorite books of the last few years. Small business creation, Ortiz persuasively argues, is the pathway to prosperity for Americans of any race or ethnicity. Ortiz reminds us that this has been true for all of our history. It remains the best path forward."

Dennis Prager -- PragerU Founder and Host of the Dennis Prager Show

"There is no organization in America that better defends small business owners and free enterprise than the great team at Job Creators Network. This new book, written by JCN president Alfredo Ortiz, brings together the best data and research on the causes of wealth gaps among and between racial and ethnic groups, and the very best way to close those gaps, which is entrepreneurship. It's a great read, and a compelling case for small business."

Hugh Hewitt -- Host of the Hugh Hewitt Show

This book grew from the congressional testimony I offered before the US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee in the spring of 2022 in a hearing on the barriers facing minority small businesses. I explained how bad government policy, not racism, is the biggest barrier to minority economic opportunity. This book completes that argument.

I've lived the challenges and opportunities facing minority entrepreneurs firsthand. My parents came to the US over 50 years ago from Mexico City to pursue the American Dream. They've both passed on, but the values they taught me -- hard work, grit, and gratitude -- helped me become a successful small business owner.

Millions of minority entrepreneurs from Asia, Africa, South America, and the Middle East come here for the same reasons my parents did. To take advantage of America's free-market economy, which rewards ingenuity, hard work, and customer service over credentials, family connections, and skin color. I have dedicated my professional life to preserving and expanding these entrepreneurship opportunities that are constantly under attack.

Alfredo Ortiz -- President and CEO of Job Creators Network

These days in America, racism is sporadic, not systemic. Racism is universally viewed as one of the worst characteristics a person can have. Activists invoke it so often because it is such an effective cudgel. They have succeeded in implementing a Catch-22: to argue against systemic racism is, in itself, racist! This trap is one reason why the fiction that racism is the cause of racial inequality has been able to fester. Few are brave enough in this environment to argue against it.

I bear the battle scars. In the spring of 2022, I testified in front of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee and argued that minorities can overcome racial economic gaps through entrepreneurship. This perspective was in stark contrast to the other witnesses, who claimed the government needed to increase income redistribution to minorities to make up for the racism holding minorities back.

My testimony, based on years of research and expertise as the leader of one of the nation’s largest small business groups, wasn’t received well by the Democratic members, to put it lightly. Stacey Plaskett, delegate to the House from the US Virgin Islands, said she was “troubled by the rhetoric” she was hearing and claimed that it was “inappropriate” to argue minorities can overcome their circumstances through entrepreneurship.

Similarly, a few weeks before my testimony, Dina Rubio, a Florida restauranteur and member of the Job Creators Network, testified before the House about the negative economic effects of government spending and regulations on her business. The hearing committee chair, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), indicated that he was “disappointed” Rubio brought up this real-world problem, noting that he’d prefer to stick to supposed “structural” racial equity barriers facing entrepreneurs.

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Newt Gingrich - former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Host of Newt's World podcast:

"Alfredo has taken his insights and national experience working with small businesses all over the country and put it in what could become one of the most important books of our time because it really cuts through the left's absolute misunderstanding of how progress occurs."

Laura Ingraham -- Host of the Ingraham Angle on Fox News:

"This book is amazing, first of all. Everyone needs to read it. It posits that the real revolutionaries aren't the people who get all the attention in the press like Black Lives Matter and all the authors of all the racial books but rather entrepreneurs."

Dennis Prager -- PragerU Founder and Host of the Dennis Prager Show:

"Alfredo Ortiz heads one of my favorite organizations, Job Creators Network. Now he has written one of my favorite books of the last few years. Small business creation, Ortiz persuasively argues, is the pathway to prosperity for Americans of any race or ethnicity. Ortiz reminds us that this has been true for all of our history. It remains the best path forward."

Hugh Hewitt -- Host of the Hugh Hewitt Show:

"There is no organization in America that better defends small business owners and free enterprise than the great team at Job Creators Network. This new book, written by JCN president Alfredo Ortiz, brings together the best data and research on the causes of wealth gaps among and between racial and ethnic groups, and the very best way to close those gaps, which is entrepreneurship. It's a great read, and a compelling case for small business."

Richard Morrison -- Senior Editor at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

"In his new book The Real Race Revolutionaries (December 2022), Ortiz, a long-time advocate for small business owners and their employees in the US, argues that the government policies that are ostensibly intended to equalize economic outcomes between the white majority and minority groups in America have actually had the opposite effect. Given the growth of government regulation and spending and the relative lack of progress over the last several decades, it's hard to argue with him.

"Ortiz's argument rests on one especially important insight that will be familiar to fans of market economics but remains stubbornly resistant to being understood by the general public. The laws and regulations that have long been promoted as disciplining businesses and protecting consumers usually end up protecting large established companies and restricting market access to new entrants and outsiders....

"Ortiz and his book are an example of a man trying to pull Americans and their ostensible leaders back from the false promise of what merely sounds good and guide them to what will actually work." --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BQRV5XB9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Defiance Press & Publishing, LLC (January 10, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 10, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1324 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 105 pages

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Alfredo Ortiz is president and CEO of Job Creators Network, where he has led the defense of small businesses from the onslaught of bad government policies.

Alfredo has testified before legislative committees about the impact of taxation and regulation on small businesses and speaks frequently to business organizations across the nation about the need for job creators to seize responsibility for defending free enterprise. He has been widely published in major media outlets and is a frequent guest on cable news networks and national radio talk shows.

Prior to joining JCN, Alfredo was marketing and corporate strategy consultant, working for a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Alfredo received his MBA at the University of Michigan and graduated from Pomona College with a bachelor’s degree in Economics.

Born to immigrant parents in Southern California, Alfredo saw first-hand the importance of job creation and economic opportunity, as his parents fought for their piece of the American Dream.

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M. Sarkisian

Best overview of opportunity inequities and real solutions for today!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 6, 2023

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Alfredo Ortiz provides thought provoking facts, data, historical results of failed programs and real stories of success that counteract the inflamed rhetoric and proposed policies targeting racial inequities. The gaps are real but the causes are not what those who propel and exacerbate government dependencies say they are. Read this book for facts AND solutions. It triggers critical thinking moving the reader beyond the noise of today. Thank you, Alfredo Ortiz and Job Creators Network for advocating for and supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs, many who are minorities. You are a difference maker for generational success.

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Politicians need to read this book!!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 19, 2023

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The cycle of poverty is real, but so is the cycle of wealth. Mr. Ortiz hits the nail on the head with his proposal that lawmakers focus on helping entrepreneurs rather than handing out money and benefits that ultimately just trap entire communities in perpetual poverty and dependence.

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A Refreshing Perspective on Race Policy and Achieving the American Dream

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 19, 2023

Alfredo Ortiz's book on The Real Race Revolutionaries is a thought-provoking look at the policies that help and hurt Americans' ability to reach and achieve the American dream. In a time when activists like to blame "systematic racism" for any and all problems, Ortiz shows examples of where immigrants and minority entrepreneurs used their talents, their ambition, and their hard work to build successful businesses. His own rags-to-riches story provides another template for reaching the American dream without having to embrace a victim mentality. Its concepts are compelling and the fact that it's well-written makes it an easy and enjoyable read.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 20, 2023

This book shares many successful entrepreneurial stories of minorities from different countries succeeding in America under the free market enterprise. Small businesses are the backbone of the economy and the majority of Americans depend on the success of small businesses. Mr. Ortiz had an inspirational story; his mom instilled in him that through hard work and a good education he can accomplish anything. A wonderful and uplifting book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 24, 2023

This book does a great job of presenting realistic solutions for income inequality, backed by data and common sense.

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