Diversity Management, News and Updates
Texas lawmakers have doubled down on their war against “critical race theory” and teaching about racism and discrimination in the classroom. In an appalling turn in the Lone Star State, Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans have passed a bill that would, among other offenses, eliminate a requirement teaching about…
The controversial statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee — which played a key role in the deadly Charlottesville “Unite the Right” Rally in 2017 — has finally been taken down after years of protests and cries for its removal. J.L. Cook of The Root reported that “work to remove…
In a terrible showing of managerial abuse and racism, a police chief in a small northern Ohio town is accused of leaving a racist note on a Black officer’s coat as a “joke” — seemingly oblivious to the security camera filming the entire incident. Nicole Acevedo of NBC News has…
Now-fired Muskegon, Mich., police officer Charles Anderson has an excuse for having Confederate flags displayed throughout his home and a Ku Klux Klan application hanging on his bedroom wall: He’s simply a history buff and a fan of the ’80s TV show “The Dukes of Hazzard.” Related Story: Charles Anderson,…
Charles Anderson, the Michigan police officer found to have KKK memorabilia in his home, has been fired following a disciplinary hearing within the Muskegon Police Department. Last month, Anderson was outed when a couple, the Mathises, toured his home that was for sale. After seeing the framed KKK document, “Knights…
It has been 45 years since Hank Aaron became baseball’s all-time home run leader, a tittle he held for more than three decades. At the age of 85, “Hammering Hank” still has an impact on the game he loves. On Aug. 2, the 44 young Black players who were selected…
Muskegon, Michigan police officer Charles Anderson is on administrative leave after a Black man was touring his home during an open house and found Ku Klux Klan memorabilia. Rob Mathis, an Army veteran and prospective homebuyer posted a photo on Facebook of a framed KKK “application for citizenship” hung on…
After several months of investigating, it could not be “conclusively” determined that a racist photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook page was him. The photo, which first surfaced in February, was of two people – one dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe and…
A fifth grade teacher in South Carolina has been placed on administrative leave after asking her students to provide a justification for the actions of the Ku Klux Klan. Tremain Cooper, an uncle of one of the students who received the assignment, identified the teacher on Facebook as Kerri Roberts,…
Five football players at Creston Community High School in a predominantly white Iowa town chose to wear white hoods evoking the Ku Klux Klan, wave a Confederate flag and burn a cross, then take a photo and share it on social media. The racist picture has gone viral, and the…
