Fresh Wind: “Truth is, that’s exactly how Federal contracting is being done right now.”
I don’t know if that’s common knowledge, but you’re right. Minorities create “businesses” that do little more than act as intermediaries between the government and white-owned businesses. They use their minority status to win contracts, then subcontract the business out to very (non-minority) businesses they beat out. I’m told there’s some very good money in it if one knows what to do. I don’t know if it’s legal or not, but it’s definitely done. I can’t blame the minorities if it’s legal, because they didn’t set up the lopsided contracting system.
It's completely legal.