Diversity Management, News and Updates
Originally published on January 14, 2019. I received a comment from a reader on my last column. Here’s the gist of it: “I did not tweet or post (your last column) because of the ageist comment/s made about Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. I have no problem with them being…
With the Black Lives Matter movement still in full force, corporations paying more attention to diversity and inclusion, and leaders of African descent being placed in the forefront, the debate about the capitalization of “Black” in mainstream media has been one of high significance. Cultural identity has been at the…
Joe Biden had a drawn-out process to pick his running mate for vice president, Sen. Kamala Harris. There are excellent lessons to be learned for corporate America:
Minneapolis had a failure of leadership last week, the state of Minnesota did as well. Now cities are on fire across the country. Here’s what needs to happen: Arrest the three police officers who did nothing while Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. It’s not enough that they’re fired. Everyone in…
As we reel from another set of white male mass murderers, we need to address and confront uncomfortable truths: The president is responsible for this. A long-term employer of undocumented workers and H2B temporary workers, President Trump is promoting hatred of people of color to maintain his political base. The…
The House Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled: “Diversity in the Boardroom: Examining Proposals to Increase the Diversity of America’s Boards,” Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 10 a.m. (Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AUzBgSIpPM) Presented by Mr. Luke Visconti, Founder and Chairman of DiversityInc Good morning, Chairwoman Waters, Ranking Member McHenry and distinguished…
I am the same age as Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. As he was selecting pictures for his medical school yearbook page, I was flying helicopters for the United States Navy. I’m not sure about blackface in Virginia in 1984. I do know I attended flight school not long after, geographically…
Trump apologists were all over this website demanding a retraction or modification of our story on the Covington Catholic High School MAGA rally in Washington D.C. We are standing by our coverage. The full videos I’ve seen do not tell a new story. They show what was apparent from the…
After watching the president conclusively prove he can read off a teleprompter, I struggled to stay awake as the 146-year-old couple (Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) robotically read through an uninspired response. Here’s the real crisis at the border: children are dying. Families fleeing from…
Three hate-filled, weak-minded white men, whipped up by Republican racism and bigotry terrorized our nation last week. In the wake of last week’s pipe bomb terrorist, a racist attempting mass murder at a Black church and the worst mass killing of Jewish people by an American since FDR turned away…