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Continue reading →: Flying While BlackConference season has begun with a bang. I’ve attended two in the past 10 days: the Forum on Workplace Inclusion for diversity and inclusion professionals and the Spring 2016 CLO Symposium for learning and development leaders — both of which I’ve attended many times before. Conferences, these two in particular,…
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Continue reading →: Women Don’t Know Everything About Gender IssuesI know, I know. You’re in shock from that title, but it’s true. We don’t. Minorities don’t know everything about diversity. Black people don’t know everything about black people. Women don’t know everything about other women. Gay people don’t know everything about LGBT, etc. We can’t. There’s too much information…
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Continue reading →: Zoe Saldana and the Case of Too Light to Be RightSo, the trailer for the upcoming Nina Simone biopic was released, and the Internet has gone wild with commentary this week, most of it against lead actress Zoe Saldana. It can’t compete with a nude Kim Kardashian West shot in terms of sheer click power, but calling Saldana’s portrayal of the…
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Continue reading →: Kesha and the Root of All EvilI’m starting to think that money is indeed the root of all evil for two reasons. One, I had a conversation with a former chief diversity officer this week who left corporate America to start up his own firm. He still fields quite a few calls from companies looking to…
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Continue reading →: Will Write for FreedomThe thing about diversity work is that it’s almost completely an uphill battle. The people in power don’t want to give it up. The people without power don’t know how to make them, and everyone in both camps is tired of dealing with the entire issue. So, I say we…
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Continue reading →: Meryl Streep Is Not the EnemyHollywood might be one of the most action-packed industries out today when it comes to diversity, with the possible exception of sports, pun intended. With the recent and continuing Academy drama over the upcoming Oscars and its dearth of nominations of color, the critical commentary on the gender wage gap…
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Continue reading →: Slack Not So Lazy When It Comes to DiversityYou may not have heard of this company called Slack — it produces a messaging app for teams — but I think you should check it out. It’s not a big company, though it’s growing fast, but it has created some serious diversity traction in a relatively short period of…
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Continue reading →: Inclusion: The Fountain of YouthAs an editor, I see mistakes everywhere — forgotten prepositions, misplaced plurals, unfortunate word choices that pervert contextual meaning in a way that is not advantageous to the writer. And as an editor who covers diversity, I make a lot of connections. For instance, I tweeted out an article this week…
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Continue reading →: Stacey Dash, Please StopSo, earlier this week actress and Fox News Contributor Stacey Dash said in an interview that we should not have Black History Month or award shows that only feature black actors. She was responding to questions after several prominent, black Hollywood names publicly declared their intention to boycott the Oscars…
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