Civil rights attorney Steve Phillips, author of the New York Times bestselling book “Brown Is the New White,”told some of the nation’s top thought leaders and corporate executives committed to diversity and inclusion that a “New American Majority” is “transforming all manners of modern society.”
Phillips was the keynote speaker at Fair360, formerly DiversityInc’s fall conference, “Conquering Recruiting Challenges,” on Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey. He said the United States’ rapidly changing demographics make progressive people of color and progressive whites the “New American Majority.” This has created a new American market of diverse consumers and a new talent pool.
Phillips said that in the workplace highly talented people of color are often “hiding in plain sight” and used the entertainment industry as an example. He said the now widely famous Lee Daniels, co-creator of Fox’s “Empire”; actress Taraji P. Henson, a star of the show; and Shonda Rhimes, creator, executive producer and showrunner of ABC’s “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” all have had long careers in the industry.
