Diversity Management, News and Updates
New research reveals that the American justice system continues to be a highly racist and discriminatory world, with Black men and women significantly more likely to be sentenced to time behind bars than whites. CNN’s Christina Carrega reported on a new study by The Sentencing Project published on Oct. 13.,…
“Brown sugar” appears to no longer “taste so good” for U.K. rock band the Rolling Stones. The New York Post’s Jesse O’Neill reported that the group has “retired one of their most popular rock songs due to lyrics that depict the horrors of slavery.” According to O’Neill, “the Stones have…
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…
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has already signed some of the most outrageous and offensive anti-inclusion laws in existence over the past year, from approving a ban on discussions of race and racism in schools to restricting medical treatment for transgender children to endorsing a law allowing social workers to…
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…
Yesterday we told you about the disturbing news involving NFL coach Jon Gruden and the racist emails he sent a decade ago. And now, following the discovery of even more racist, sexist, and homophobic messages, the pro football veteran has been forced to resign from his position as head coach…
Facebook is again under fire for providing an unchecked platform for white supremacists and other hate groups to spread their vile messages. The Hill’s Cameron Jenkins reported that “the NAACP is reportedly calling for a meeting with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, citing [ongoing] concerns of hate speech on the social…
Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden is in the hot seat after an incredibly racist email he had written a decade ago resurfaced in an NFL investigation. Barry Wilner of the Associated Press reported that the racist comment made in the email about NFL Players Association leader DeMaurice Smith “drew…
Members of a local community came together recently to show their support for a Black family subjected to ongoing racist treatment from one of their neighbors. NPR’s Bill Chappell reported that “Jannique Martinez’s home sits in a tidy cul-de-sac in Virginia Beach, where she lives with her husband and kids…
More than 60 years after the tragic lynching of Emmett Till in Mississippi — a 14-year-old Black teen who was abducted, tortured, and shot in 1955 by two white men, purely for the “crime” of speaking to a white woman — it appears our country still can’t seem to progress…
