Diversity Management, News and Updates
By Albert Lin Amazon became the latest technology giant to release its workforce demographic data, and the results, unsurprisingly, are not impressive. Overall, the company’s global workforce of nearly 150,000 is 37 percent women, with women making up just 25 percent of managers. In the United States, Amazon’s workforce is…
By Daryl Hannah With Halloween less than a week away, universities are warning students against dressing in Blackface, hosting watermelon-eating-themed parties, and other Halloween antics that preclude diversity and inclusion “all in the name of fun.” For the second time in as many years, officials at the University of Minnesota…
By Albert Lin Loquacious Vice President Joe Biden doubled down on insensitive comments this week, using an anti-Semitic slur on Tuesday and an Asian slur on Wednesday. On Tuesday, at a speech in Washington, D.C., commemorating Legal Services Corporation’s 40th anniversary, Biden told a story about his son hearing from…
By Chris Hoenig Black men and women have a far harder time with online dating than almost every other race or ethnicity, with the exception of Asian men. Research gathered by online dating site OkCupid points the finger at a racial bias that has only intensified over the past five…
By Albert Lin Apple on Tuesday became the latest Silicon Valley technology giant to release its diversity data, and when it comes to Black and Latino employees, the company’s numbers look better than those of Twitter, Yahoo! and Google. Of Apple’s United States employees, 55 percent are whitecomparable to Twitter’s…
By Chris Hoenig Britain’s Office of Communications (Ofcom) has ruled that the BBC violated broadcasting rules when it aired a segment during the popular show Top Gear that included an ethnic slur. “After a thorough investigation, Ofcom has found the BBC breached broadcasting rules by including an offensive racial term…
By Chris Hoenig There is only one professional sports league in the United States in which at least 50 percent of the players are not of a single race or ethnicity. And no, it’s not one of the so-called “Big Four.” It’s Major League Soccer. In every other major sports…
By Albert Lin Three California politicians of Asian descent are calling for the resignation of FOX News Channel host Bob Beckel after he used a racially offensive term on the air. U.S. Representative Judy Chu, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; U.S. Representative Mike Honda, who represents the…
By Chris Hoenig America’s teachers don’t reflect the diverse student bodies they teach, according to a new survey from the Center for American Progress. In fact, the percentage of nonwhite teachers is not greater than or equal to the percentage of nonwhite students in any of the 50 states or…
By Chris Hoenig MLB Commissioner Bud Selig Diversity in professional sports is evident on the fields, courts and rinks across the country. Just don’t look for it in owner’s boxes. The media firestorm and outpouring of disgust that followed the broadcasting of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s long-held racist…
