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Friday, November 9, 2007
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| Today on DiversityInc: Friday, November 9, 2007 |
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| DiversityInc has compiled a list of organizations that provide support for the almost 305,000 members of the U.S. military who acquired a disability in the line of duty in the Iraq war. If you know of any other organizations, send an e-mail to editor@DiversityInc.com. (more) |
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No More 'Housewives' or 'Grey's Anatomy'? Striking Writers Almost All White
Watch the lines of striking writers walking with picket signs in New York and Los Angeles and you will not see many faces of color, revealing Hollywood's need to diversify the people who create the television shows we watch. What's really going on behind the scenes? Watch the video on DiversityInc.
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Is It OK to Discriminate Because of Orientation? What You Said
As the House made history this week by passing legislation to protect against employment discrimination on the basis of orientation, but not gender identity, and the Senate weighs whether to do the same, we asked DiversityInc readers to tell us if it's OK to discriminate against a person because of orientation. Here's what they said.
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Mapping of Muslim Communities? What Was L.A.P.D. Thinking?
Today's Headlines (11/9): Mapping of Muslim Communities? What Was L.A.P.D. Thinking? Noose Display Gets City Worker Fired; Rabbi Offers to Pay for More Jewish Marriages; Oprah's Burden: South Africa's Epidemic of Child Rape; Dominican Star Rocks Latin Grammy's; George Wallace Shooter Gets Out of Prison; Women Board Members Make More Than Men; Why Didn't N.J. Stem-Cell Bill Pass? Supporters Blame 'Weak' Effort; Will Woman Succeed Morgan Stanley CEO? In Immigration Fight, Businesses Pick Up Where Congress Left Off
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Dick Parsons to Step Down, 2nd Black CEO to Resign in a Week!
The number of black CEOs of Fortune 500 companies will fall to four as Dick Parsons announces his exit from Time Warner's CEO post. He's the second high-profile black CEO to step down in a week. What's going on?
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Why Are So Few CEOs People of Color and Women?
The resignation of Merrill Lynch's CEO E. Stanley O'Neal and the impending exit of Time Warner's CEO Richard Parsons, both of whom are black, have people wondering why there are so few CEOs of color at the helm of Fortune 500 companies—and why there are so few women CEOs.
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Dick Parsons or Rhesus Monkeys? Google Can't Tell the Difference
Why is a Google News keyword search for Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons, who is black, popping up with an image of two Rhesus monkeys? Google's image took a hit after a "racist" mix-and-match of keywords and images.
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