iness that neither could acquire alone. But civil rights groups and minority business owners plained to Congress about minorities being set up as “fronts (a person, group, or thing used to mask the identity or true character or activity of the actual controlling agent)” with White backing, rather than being accepted as full partners in legitimate joint ventures.РThird, a minority enterprise that secures the business of one large corporate customer often runs the danger of ing—and remaining—dependent. Even in the best of circumstances, petition from larger, more panies makes it difficult for small concerns to broaden their customer bases: when such firms have nearly guaranteed orders from a single corporate benefactor, they may truly have to struggle placency arising from their current ess.