Imagine a house. All your life, you're told you don't belong in that house, and the doors are locked. In order to enter the house, you have to look, act, and talk like the people who live there.
Imagine one day they open up the doors and windows and ask each other, “Why is no one coming in?” Imagine you walk in, and the people inside don’t think you deserve to be there. Imagine you speak, but no one listens.
This metaphor parallels the experience of Indigenous people when it comes to being accepted into settler society, but it also is an accurate metaphor for Indigenous entrepreneurs when