Another «woke» business is crying for help from the federal government.
Elon Musk, the rightwing culture warrior waging a “civilization-saving” battle against the “woke mind virus,” apparently isn’t above taking advantage of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs when it serves his business purposes. Neuralink, the $9 billion brain implant startup that Musk founded, recently characterized itself as a “small disadvantaged business” in a federal filing with the Small Business Administration.
The SBA website notes that Neuralink attested in its filings that it is a “Self-Certified Small Disadvantaged Business.” According to the SBA, businesses can qualify for this designation if the company is “51% or more owned and controlled by one or more disadvantaged persons.” The firm must also “be small, according to SBA’s size standards,” the site states. According to the code of federal regulations, socially disadvantaged people are defined thusly:
…those who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias within American society because of their identities as members of groups and without regard to their individual qualities.
