Diversity Management, News and Updates
AT&T (No. 1 on DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity) has named Debra L. Lee — who formerly served as BET Networks’ chairperson and CEO — to its board of directors. During Lee’s time leading BET from 2006 until her retirement in 2009, she increased the network’s budget by 50%…
Stacey Dash, an actress and former Fox News contributorwho has argued that both Black History Month and BET should not exist and has referred to actor Jesse Williams as a “Hollywood plantation slave,” is running for Congress in Southern California. Dash, 51, best known for her role in the film…
Dash penned a scathing response to Jesse Williams’ BET Awards acceptance speech. It isn’t the first time she’s scolded Black activists. By Sheryl Estrada Fox News contributor Stacey Dash Fox News contributor and actress Stacey Dash, who has argued that both Black History Month and BET (Black Entertainment Television) should…
By Sheryl Estrada Jesse Williams gives an acceptance speech at the BET Awards in Los Angeles, June 26. Social media is buzzing about actor and activist Jesse Williams and his profound acceptance speech at the annual BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Williams, who plays Dr. Jackson Avery…