‘Checkbox Diversity’ Must Be Left Behind for DEI Efforts to Succeed
Good intentions to increase the diversity of organizations have led to “checkbox” approaches that don't account for hegemony, marginalization, and the creation of sustainable shifts in power. Without a closer examination of these practices, we may wake up in a few years wondering what went wrong.
Being Black at a White Workplace
Being a person of color at a predominantly white workplace creates its own special kinds of stress.
Black CEOs You Should Know
While Blacks are achieving greater representation in the C Suite, there are still very few serving in the corporate top spot of CEO in major companies.
Kroger Enacts Sweeping Plan to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
‘Framework for Action’ aims to create ‘real change now and into the future,’ CEO Rodney McMullen says
The State of Diversity in Today’s Workforce
A diverse economy is a strong economy. Businesses that embrace our nation’s changing demographics reap the economic benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce.
The Top 10 Most Startling Facts About People of Color and Criminal Justice in the United States
Today people of color continue to be disproportionately incarcerated, policed, and sentenced to death at significantly higher rates than their white counterparts.
5 Facts About Black Americans
More than 40 million black people live in the United States, making up around 13% of the nation’s population, according to 2016 Census Bureau estimates.
Who Counts as a Person of Color?
What portrayals of people of color become representative? Who has the power to do the representing?
Getting Over Your Fear of Talking About Diversity
While 27 percent of chief diversity officers find themselves still having to make the case for diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace, the good news is that the majority of top leaders already understand how critical these efforts are.
People Suffer at Work When They Can’t Discuss the Racial Bias They Face Outside of It
In an unprecedented show of solidarity, 150 CEOs from the world’s leading companies banded together to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace and, through an online platform, shared best practices for doing so.
Racial Bias in Hiring Still Rampant
Data shows 'significant discrimination' against non-white job applicants
This Artist Took 4,000 Portraits to Show the Range of Human Skin Color—and the Results Exceeded the Pantone Library
“Using this scale, I am sure that nobody is ‘black,’ and absolutely nobody is ‘white,’" says artist Angélica Dass.
The Impact of Structural Racism in Employment and Wages on Minority Women’s Health
In 2010, at the end of the great recession that disproportionately harmed racial minorities and women, the federal government recognized that health disparities are caused by the social determinants of health (SDOH).
U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism
How do we start real conversations about race in our organizations?
Racism in Academia, and Why the ‘Little Things’ Matter
Subtle biases and structural inequalities need challenging just like overt acts of racial aggression and discrimination.
5 ways racism is bad for business – and what we can do about it
We’ve long known the benefits diversity offers, but companies can now no longer put off the hard work that goes into building and maintaining an actively anti-racist work culture.
Racism and discrimination in health care: Providers and patients
Why are certain groups of patients getting different care? Doctors take an oath to treat all patients equally, and yet not all patients are treated equally well. The answer to why is complicated.
People of color face significant barriers to mental health services
Racism and stigma make it harder for people of color to get services, and it’s gotten worse during the coronavirus pandemic.