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[wombatmobile]

> It's an odd thing to say not because racism would not have been experienced by the Patterson company but because it doesn't seem like it explains what happened,

Doesn't it? How about the quote you included from the article?

Systemic racism and prejudice of the time made it difficult for Patterson & Sons to attract the financing necessary to compete

[solidsnack9000 → wombatmobile]

It doesn't. How about the rest of the quote you quoted from? To consider just one excerpt:

...small firms like his own couldn’t compete for long...

[nexthash → solidsnack9000]

Seems like both parts of the quote are valid.

[wombatmobile → nexthash]

Yeah and lacking detail.

We’ll have to wait for the movie.

[JohnL4 → solidsnack9000]

Check to make sure you're not working too hard to deny racism.