Is Diversity Becoming Illegal?
Courts and laws are turning back the clock on racial progress.
Nearly every major company now has in place diversity and inclusion programs aimed at ensuring Black people and other marginalized groups are no longer overlooked for job opportunities and promotions.
Some are even investing in programs that help their employees learn about fellow co-workers and the issues they may face.
Companies and institutions learned what’s been obvious to me since I was in college. That a diverse classroom and workforce are not only important to advance equity in this country, but diversity at the table is instrumental in solving problems, getting fresh ideas and having more robust discussions.
People from different places, generations, genders, religions, races and ethnicities all have unique life experiences that cause them to bring different things to the problem solving arena.
It’s also not a complex math equation to figure out that generations of systemic abuse of our Black brothers and sisters in virtually every aspect of society has left us with a vastly inequitable society with uneven playing fields. That’s true even if you think we live in a post-racial world.