Amazon Gave ‘Black-Owned’ Small Business Badges To Non-Black Companies, New Report Shows

Essence Magazine:

By Jasmine Browley ·Updated April 24, 2023

What was supposed to be a show of solidarity was actually co-opted and now a new report is exposing it.

Online platform The Information released data that stated Amazon gave “small business” and “Black-owned business” badges to companies that were actually the opposite of both.

The rollout of the Small Business badge allocation was in alignment with Amazon’s efforts to heighten

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