While incidents of nooses and hateful graffiti on jobsites have made headlines in 2020, racism in the industry often manifests itself in more subtle, systemic ways.

Greg Page, the president of Waldorf, Maryland-based Page Building Group, has a proven business strategy when it comes to applying for financing: Send in the White guy.

That was the approach he took when he needed $500,000 to fund the expansion of his previous company to work on government contracts, including a project for the Army in Belize. Read more

Pat Daniels