Is Being a Black Woman a Strength or a Weakness?

I was talking with a businessman on the phone today and I was inquiring about a service that they provide to a litany of other businesses. Of course the reason I called is because while doing my research I felt that this company was the best qualified to handle my business. During the course of our conversation I felt him tuning out and dismissing my qualifications and questions because he'd since went to the website and saw a set a chocolate faces peering at him with smiles and hope gleaming in our faces. I felt then that being black and being a woman was a weakness. Had he gone to the site and saw some other vision he may have been more apt to pay attention to what I had to say. As it were, he called Octavia and myself "sisters" and didn't mean it in the sister girl sense. Feeling more than a bit disrespected as I checked and corrected him, I wanted him to know that his inability to take me or our product seriously was an error on his part. This type of adversity only makes the black woman stronger. So, to the question, is it a strength or weakness to be a black woman? My answer is both a yes and a no....find out my reasoning on the show.