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by Mz 3896 days ago
This is not at all an easy question to answer. For me, it would depend on whether I felt the degree to which they were being disrespectful of something core to my identity made things simply not viable. If it doesn't go that far, then working with them may be a means to improve the image your faith has in the eyes of others.

I leave you with the story of Hattie McDaniels, a black american actress who played the maid in a lot of movies at a time when playing the maid was the only role she was likely to get. She was widely criticized by black americans for taking that role. She rebutted those criticisms with a statement to the effect of "I can play a maid for $700 per week or I can be a maid for $7 per week."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_McDaniel

In short: If you think the money is something you can get and their attitude is not so problematic as to guarantee that it will help destroy your business, I would take the money. If it is such that they will give bad advice, sabotage your business, etc, then walk away.

It's a judgement call.