While the legal marijuana industry is a game changer for entrepreneurs, it can also lead to advocacy and activism. That much has been shown by Cannaclusive, which describes itself as being “inspired by the growing opportunities yet disappointed by the diversity issues taking root in mainstream cannabis culture.”

The budding legal marijuana business is in many ways a unique industry. But in more ways, it’s largely the same as most others: predominately white and male. That means that Black women are probably the least likely to enter it, let alone succeed.

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A growing number of African-American women have become pioneers in the country’s burgeoning cannabis industry.

Mass incarceration is big business, especially when it comes to rounding up and detaining undocumented Black immigrants.

A young man born in Senegal but came to the U.S. at age three was facing deportation after being arrested by ICE.

While much of the immigration discussion surrounds Central Americans, there is another population of asylum seekers that have been disproportionately targeted for deportations: Black immigrants.