Question 4

BIPOC is an acronym for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color used to represent

marginalized communities such as Black, Latinx, Native, and Asian and Pacific Islander and

solidify them as a community in a community where they are underrepresented (Chlala, 2019).

The marijuana industry is an important institution that has been used by the United States law

enforcement to wrongfully convict BIPOC in the mass population as a result of social policy that

has been passed by the Federal government.

In essence, after Proposition 64, Latinxs and BIPOC started gaining acceptance into the

marijuana industry (Chlala, 2019). Prior to that, they had been known to dispense, cultivate, and

distribute marijuana as employees. For this reason, the Latinx has taken an active role in the

marijuana industry. They can now form their own establishments and correspondingly engage in

active trade.

Question 5

One of the possibilities identified for women of color is that they had burgeoning

opportunities as they made a significant population of the workforce in the Los Angeles cannabis

industry (Chlala, 2019). Women, unlike men, had more opportunities. Due to the influence of

gender stereotyping and continued perpetration of feminine roles, they were given more

manageable workloads, which were best found in the cannabis industry.

In essence, they first started as budtenders, cultivators, worked in dispensaries, or made

deliveries, which gave them insights into the business's lucrative nature (Chlala, 2019). This

ignited the spark for them, considering the lucrative pay, venture full time, and leaving out their

other jobs. Women now became active traders in the cannabis industry, earning a name to

themselves accordingly.