The student government at the University of Minnesota recently passed legislation that would require that it spends half of its discretionary funds at LGBTQ or racial minority-owned businesses.
The Minnesota Student Association “will be required to purchase no less than 50% of items considered food or supplies at a local women-owned, BIPOC-owned, LGBTQIA+ owned, or a disabled-owned small business, or website,” according to the resolution from the public university’s student government.
It cites a CNBC article that covered research originally published by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research that found minority-owned businesses were hit hard by COVID lockdowns.
It’s part of an “ethical mandate purchasing” resolution passed by the student government on February 23 that also criticized Amazon and promised to try to avoid spending money at the company.
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