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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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Continue reading →: Black or Female, Which is Worse?I’ve been obsessed by one question lately. And it was brought home to me in stereo just last week when the New York Police Department stripped Sgt. Kizzy Adonis of her badge in connection with Eric Garner’s July 2014 death. It was just so ridiculous. She had nothing to do…
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Continue reading →: Can a White Man Lead Diversity?So I was talking to Dr. Shirley Davis, former head of diversity at Society for Human Resource Management, recently about this and that, and she mentioned the new head of diversity at Twitter was a white man. I’d heard of the appointment as we rang in the New Year, and…
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Continue reading →: Is Ignorance Bliss?Ordinarily I’d have plucked something from the news – like the horrible but not unexpected exoneration of the police officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice – to write about this week. But like many of you, as the New Year approaches I’m contemplating life and work in 2016. Of course,…
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Continue reading →: Not Talking About Diversity Makes You a Racist?Rosalind Brewer, the CEO of Sam’s Club, has been all over the news this week thanks to a recent CNN video interview. The birds are squawking loudly for her blood, or at the very least, her resignation, which I find incredibly odd given the interview’s contents. In it she talks…
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