Diversity Management, News and Updates
“Brown sugar” appears to no longer “taste so good” for U.K. rock band the Rolling Stones. The New York Post’s Jesse O’Neill reported that the group has “retired one of their most popular rock songs due to lyrics that depict the horrors of slavery.” According to O’Neill, “the Stones have…
Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden is in the hot seat after an incredibly racist email he had written a decade ago resurfaced in an NFL investigation. Barry Wilner of the Associated Press reported that the racist comment made in the email about NFL Players Association leader DeMaurice Smith “drew…
In a historic first and an ongoing sign of increasing diversity and representation within the world of auto racing, Bubba Wallace has become the first Black driver to win a major NASCAR Cup race since 1963. The Associated Press and NPR reported that “Bubba Wallace became just the second Black…
Twenty years after he was first hit with a litany of abuse and misconduct charges, but ultimately not convicted, R&B singer Robert Sylvester Kelly (better known as R. Kelly) has been found guilty on a similar raft of new crimes and now faces potential life in prison. Billboard’s Neena Rouhani…
Video game giant Activision Blizzard has announced that it will agree to pay an $18-million settlement to end a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit recently brought against the company by the U.S. government. CNN’s Rishi Iyengar reported that on Sept. 27, “the gaming company, which owns hugely popular titles such…
When the opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones premieres at Metropolitan Opera House on Sept. 27, the performance will make history. It will be the first-ever opera composed by a Black musician to be performed at the historic and world-renowned New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in…
RuPaul Charles is already an LGBTQ icon, the most famous drag queen on the planet and executive producer of a global reality TV empire, but he can now add another crown to the list of honors he has received. With a record-breaking 11 Emmy wins, the latest of which occurred…
Fashion’s biggest night — the Met Gala — was once again a diverse and inclusive affair with women and men of all races sporting some of the most buzzed-about and impressive looks of the evening. Typically held on the first Monday in May, this year’s event was postponed due to…
One hundred years after it was originally formed as the American Professional Football Association back in 1920, the NFL has finally broken major ground by having the first Black woman ever in the league’s history to officiate an NFL game. CNN’s Homero De la Fuente reported that Maia Chaka made…
As America marked Labor Day and the official end of summer, two history-making films brought a one-two punch of diversity to the U.S. box office. It all started with the Aug. 27 launch of the horror film Candyman, a sequel to the film of the same name released in 1992….
