70 Year Magazine Archive

A Confederacy Of . . . ?

by Jay Winik

Share this story

ogy or of American history and law,”

And there’s plenty more—like the brothers who immigrated from Portugal (Portugal!) and were able to get themselves certified as minorities in order to dominate Washington,D.C.’s road and sewer contracts; and the notorious Fanjul family, multimillionaire Cuban immigrants with Spanish passports, who made use of set-aside programs to build a minority business enterprise in securities underwriting.

JW

About the Author

Comments

Advertisement

Advertisement