Diversity Management, News and Updates
Another U.S. city has agreed to a multi-million-dollar settlement in the case of a Black man wrongfully killed by police during an arrest. CNN’s Raja Razek reported that “Williamson County, Texas, announced on Tuesday, Dec. 14 that a $5-million settlement has been approved to settle a lawsuit in the wrongful…
During the summer of 2020, at the height of the social justice movement, support for Black Lives Matter hit a high, with 52% of people of all races surveyed saying they supported the issue. But as time wears on, that level of support appears to be dropping steadily. Claretta Bellamy…
Things are growing increasingly tense in Newberg, Oregon — a town of 23,000 located approximately 25 miles southwest of Portland — as the conservative school board continues its recent attack on diversity and inclusion within the district. Andrew Selsky of the Associated Press reported that the Newberg school board, which…
A Black North Carolina man has been freed after being wrongfully imprisoned behind bars for 24 years. Bryan Anderson of the Associated Press reported that on Friday, Nov. 12, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper pardoned Dontae Sharpe, “who spent 24 years behind bars for a murder he has long said…
In the latest flagrant display of white police officers using excessive force on Black men during an arrest, an Indianapolis police sergeant has been charged with kicking an emotionally disturbed and handcuffed man in the head — and the whole event was captured in his body camera footage. CNN’s Amir…
A Black paraplegic man in Dayton, Ohio, was violently pulled from his car by police, even after he repeatedly told the officers who pulled him over that he could not walk. The entire incident was captured in incredibly graphic and hard-to-watch bodycam footage that has since been released to the…
Many large businesses and corporations have been eager to support and donate to racial and social justice causes over the past year. According to a recently published study on public funding spurred by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others, average American households have also provided millions…
When school board members in Newberg, Oregon, decided to ban all displays of LGBTQ Pride, Black Lives Matter and other signs with supposed “political” meaning, a couple living on a farm nearby decided it was up to them to stand up for and support the rights and identities of impacted…
Michael Frederick Jr. of Warren, Michigan, terrorized his Black neighbors for weeks in 2020, damaging vehicles, painting graffiti on their home and breaking windows. During sentencing for his crimes, Frederick claimed he had no ill will towards the couple — he just didn’t like the Black Lives Matter sign they…
Brandishing a handgun and threatening people walking in front of your home is perfectly OK in the state of Missouri — at least for the governor and his friends. Tim Fitzsimons of NBC News reported that Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is officially pardoning Patricia and Mark McCloskey, the husband and…
