clipped from www.statesmanjournal.com White men got 51 percent of minority program money The Associated Press • January 6, 2010 PORTLAND — The first audit of a Portland program designed to hire more minorities and women for public construction projects shows businesses owned by white men snagged 51 percent of the money. Of the $13.7 million allocated since 1997 through the Sheltered Market Program, companies owned by white women received 25 percent. African-Americans got 11 percent, Latinos 9 percent, Native Americans 3 percent and Asian Americans 1 percent.