till she sees enduring obstacles to entrepreneurs like her. “Ultimately, BIPOC folks still have a very, very steep hill to climb. I’ve been in the What Kind Of Wine Goes With Feet In Straps Shirt Furthermore, I will do this food industry for a decade, and I’m still not called an expert by food media.” Javeri Kadri admits to sometimes feeling trapped into diversity-washing white people’s work. “I know that we’re constantly, you know, buying and selling social capital. I’m well aware of that reality. That was a lot of 2020 for me: realizing that there are people for whom Diaspora can splash a woke label over what they’re doing. And that’s co-opting what we’re trying to do. I want people to be really excited about what we’re doing because it’s delicious and because it’s exciting, and not because of the social capital that they gain from us.”
