Diversity Management, News and Updates
The Women’s March has cut ties with three founding board members — Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory and Mari Lynn “Bob” Bland — whose reputations have been tainted with claims of anti-Semitism. A press release announces the departure of the three board members and the appointment of 17 new members. It does…
While the poll did not hold any major surprises for anyone, it does reinforce the widespread belief that white evangelicals tend to be more bigoted and more in love with President Donald Trump. White evangelicals are the most likely to be Islamophobic while U.S. Jews are the least likely to…
President Donald Trump is at it again – on Friday he attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar with a video showing parts of a speech she gave broken up with footage of the twin towers burning on 9/11. Along with the video, Trump tweeted “WE WILL NEVER FORGET!” Trump is carrying on…
A refreshing example of inclusive leadership by a presidential candidate.
A group of teen boys and young Muslim men in multiple cities are cleaning up the nation’s parks and memorials because Trump’s government shutdown over his border wall has debilitated the National Park Service. “It’s just what we do,” 23-year-old Sarmad Bhatti told The Washington Post, while emptying trash cans…
By Luke Visconti and Sheryl Estrada Lloyd Edward Johnson used his gun to threaten four Somali-American teens at an Eden Prairie, Minn., McDonald’s. The racist has been arrested. At 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police arrested the 55-year-old under probable cause for second-degree assault, the city of Eden Prairie said, in…
Facebook’s biased acts of censorship have been a thorn in the sides of its liberal minority and marginalized users for quite some time. In a twist of fate, Mark Zuckerberg was scrutinized by Jewish groups and anti-racism organizations for suggesting Holocaust denial should be allowed on Facebook because it could…
A white woman riding the bus in New York had an audience when she asked a Muslim woman, “Did you see the sign, you f*cking speak English” Part of the nasty exchange was caught on video. The white woman, identified as Ashley, tells the Muslim woman, “ICE is here for…
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted her colleagues for upholding the travel ban targeting Muslims in a 5-4 vote on Tuesday. Sotomayor, an immigrant, condemned the ban as “motivated by hostility and animus toward the Muslim faith.” She additionally accused the justices of misconstruing legal precedent and supporting pain and…
A Brooklyn councilman’s idea for gender-segregated beach days has not been received warmly by the New York Civil Liberties Union. The NYCLU claims discrimination, while Chaim Deutsch simply wants to give a minority group the chance to enjoy what the majority takes for granted. Deutsch, a councilman from Brooklyn, proposed…
