Jae Requiro remembers her friend’s story vividly: Following a meeting in which her friend was the only Asian American woman, a male colleague said to her, “You’re not at all like my Asian wife, you speak up.” “It was a big slap in her face. She didn’t even know what…
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Oracle Underpaid People of Color and Women by More Than $400M: Department of Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor, in a federal filing on Tuesday, accused Oracle of underpaying thousands of people of color and women employees by more than $400 million. Employees with years of experience are paid as much as 25 percent less than their white male peers. The computer tech company…
80-year-old White Woman Goes on Racist Facebook Rant: All of us AMERICANS Are so Done
The mother of a mayor in a New Jersey town is blaming immigrants — who she believes are not Americans — for her son’s potential loss in the primary. Her racist rant reflects a fear among some white people of no longer being the majority race. “Go to hell PALISADES…
Racist Professor Who Calls Blacks, Hispanics More Violent Than Whites Appointed to Trump's Sentencing Commission
A former federal prosecutor who once said Blacks and Hispanics are more violent than whites has been tapped to join President Donald Trump’s sentencing commission. William Otis, a Georgetown professor, writes on a blog called “Crime and Consequences.” He wrote in a 2013 post: “Thus, when Fifth Circuit Judge Edith…
Multiracial, Multiethnic Babies on the Increase in U.S.: Study
In 2015, about one-in-seven, or 14 percent of, children in the U.S. under the age of one were multiracial or multiethnic, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data. The rate is three times greater than it was in 1980. The analysis, which was published Tuesday, includes…
Interracial Marriage Becoming the Norm in U.S.: Report
Interracial marriage is on the rise, making more than a fivefold increase since 1967, when only 3 percent of newlyweds were intermarried, according to a Pew Research Center report released Thursday. However, interracial marriage is more accepted by Democrats than Republicans, and Black men and Asian women are more likely…
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Timeline and Facts & Figures
This diversity-management resource offers insight to evolving workplace diversity, featuring a detailed timeline of Asian American events and the relevant demographics you need to know. President Jimmy Carter signed a joint resolution in 1978 that declared May 410, 1979, as the first Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. This was later…
Diverse Film Casts Keep Hollywood Execs Making Money at Box Office, Says Report
Ahead of the 89th Academy Awards show on Sunday, UCLA has released its annual Hollywood Diversity report, which highlights that diversity means higher financial returns on productions. The report, generated through the university’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, examined the 200 top-grossing theatrical film releases in 2015,…
Jesse Jackson Tells Uber to Release Diversity Data, Invest in Oakland
In a letter to Uber’s CEO Travis Kalanick, civil rights leader Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., president and founder of The Rainbow PUSH Coalition, urged Uber to report its diversity data by February 15. Unlike many big-name tech companies, Uber has not released data on the racial and gender makeup…
Steve Phillips Explains to Corporate Executives Why 'Brown is the New White'
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…
