Diversity Management, News and Updates
As the battle to protect voting rights continues in the nation’s capital — sadly with little success — veteran politician and minority leader of the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, has come under fire for a statement he made that implied Black Americans were not “full” Americans. Bruce Schreiner of The…
In an ordeal no parent would want their child to experience, a 4-year-old girl in Rochester, New York, recently revealed to her mother that her daycare van driver had forgotten her, leaving her stranded alone in a freezing van for nine hours. Jasmine Alyce of the Atlanta Black Star reported,…
LGBTQ advocates have long considered the nation’s ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men a blatant form of persistent and ongoing discrimination. Now that the country is entering its most severe blood shortage in more than a decade, government officials, including the President, are speaking out, saying it…
The price of a college education continues to be a stumbling block to many across the country. According to the Education Data Initiative, an estimated 43.2 million individuals are currently paying off loans with an average value of more than $39,000. Of that group, Black students and college graduates are…
Fourteen-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta was laid to rest on Monday, Jan. 10, after being accidentally shot by police during part of a tragic retail store shoot-out. Christopher Weber of The Associated Press reported that Orellana-Peralta “was killed when a Los Angeles police officer fired at a suspect at a clothing store…
In an effort to “teach students how to think instead of what to think,” a school in Florida has taken bans on progressive subjects to a whole new level, barring classroom discussion of not just critical race theory but also gender fluidity and even the science behind how COVID-19 is…
Although 2021 was dubbed by many, including the Human Rights Campaign. as the “worst year in recent history for LGBTQ state legislative attacks,” many equality and advocacy experts warn 2022 appears to be getting off with an equally hate-filled start. Matt Lavietes of NBC News reported that “throughout the first…
In a newly filed lawsuit, parents of a teen in Kentucky claim a teacher told their son “he was just another Black boy who got shot” before getting into an altercation with the student that involved kicking him, holding him down on the ground and even pulling his hair. Insider’s…
In the latest conservative attack against the teaching of critical race theory in schools, an Oklahoma lawmaker has proposed new legislation that would force history teachers and educators to teach students that no one race was oppressed under slavery, and no single race was solely responsible for the evils of…
In early 2021, we reported on a series of race-based issues affecting tech giant Google — including pay discrimination, potentially racist firings and even the creation of a new union designed to help protect employee rights. But even with a year’s worth of efforts within the company, it appears things…
