Diversity Management, News and Updates
As a Black mother, Jacinda Adams has had several tough conversations with her daughter about race. She also knows first-hand that these candid conversations — approached with openness and honesty — are vital and could be even more of an imperative in the future of the workplace. When her daughter…
Even though the Florida Department of Education has already banned the classroom teaching of Critical Race Theory, lawmakers in the state are attempting to go even further, passing a law to protect whites’ “feelings” during education dealing with Black history. Amy Simonson of CNN reported that a bill backed by…
It’s another day for problematic circumstances against DEI in the state of Texas. A recent report from Billy Gates of NBC-affiliated TV station KXAN-TV said a parent is suing the Eanes Independent School District in Austin, accusing the district of being in “multiple violations” of the Texas Open Meetings Act…
When it comes to how people want to spend and save their money, a new report from U.S. Bank (No. 18 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list in 2021) reveals that Black Americans are significantly more interested in supporting their community and creating a lasting legacy for…
School board officials in the south-central Pennsylvania town of York have backed down on their original plan to ban all books about race, social justice and racial history from libraries in the school district. The Hill’s Joseph Choi reported that the “all-white Pennsylvania school board this week voted to rescind…
The U.S. Census Bureau published the 2020 Census in early August, revealing an increasingly diverse overall population within the United States — and, for the first time, a decline in people who identified solely as white. Although there has been a dramatic shift in U.S. demographics between 2010 and 2020,…
When the U.S. Census Bureau released their data from the 2020 Census late last week, it revealed just how dramatically the racial makeup of America has continued to change in recent years. After analyzing the data, Mike Schneider of the Associated Press reported that “no racial or ethnic group dominates…
President Biden and the U.S. Census Bureau are hoping to revive a previously proposed policy that would allow the 2030 survey to ask more accurate questions about race and ethnicity — and by extension, improve the quality of demographic data acquired and used toward policymaking, voting districts, and enforcing civil…
Vowing to defend educators it says are teaching the “honest truth,” the American Federation of Teachers — one of the nation’s largest teachers’ unions — announced on Tuesday, July 6th, that it was now committed to supporting in court any of its members who are charged or punished by their…
Texas lawmakers continue to astound with the number of racist, transphobic laws they are willing to try to write into law. In the last few months alone, we’ve seen Texas lawmakers draft legislation that would penalize parents who support and help their transgender children access gender-affirming care with jail time…
