Diversity Management, News and Updates
California writer and mother Joanna Schroeder had a message to other moms of white teen boys in a tweet that went viral: White supremacists online are paying attention to young men’s social media use, even if you are not. Do you have white teenage sons? Listen up. I’ve been watching…
While accepting the Chairman’s Award during the 50th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday in Los Angeles, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had a message for her “haters.” “As for those ultra-right wing white supremacist haters who have threatened to kill me and my family and my staff, I’ve gotten four of them…
Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) comments on white supremacy and white nationalism have sparked a call by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to kick him out of government altogether. “If Republicans really believe these racist statements have no place in our government, then their party must offer more than shallow temporary…
A writer for the Federalist, a conservative publication that uses tags in its stories like “Black Crime” to catalog incidents, and defended Roy Moore dating teenagers, wrote a story about her African adopted daughters not being Black girls, but Americans. In her commentary, Jenni White used the death of McKenzie…
The top communications official at the Department of Veterans Affairs reportedly told Georgia Coffey, the chief diversity officer, not to condemn white supremacists after the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Va. Coffey chose to rock the bigot boat, but frustrated by lack of support from the Trump administration, she jumped ship….
We’ve never had a POTUS and FLOTUS like the Obama’s before, and we’ve never had a Trump before. Two very different presidencies, one wrought with bigotry, racism and rampant white supremacy, and scandal, the other full of hope, unity and service. Former FLOTUS Michelle Obama says we need to pay…
A Halloween event for families, “Trail of Treats,” took place in Owensboro, Ky., and one father thought it would be a good idea to dress his 5-year-old as Adolf Hitler and himself as a Nazi soldier. Bryant Goldbach’s response: Anyone that knows us knows we love history. The public and…
The far-right men’s organization “Proud Boys” violently beat protesters Friday night following a Republican event in Manhattan. After inaction by the New York Police Department during the attack, three members of the racist gang were arrested — finally. Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes had just given a speech at the…
White supremacists gathering for the Unite the Right 2 rally on Sunday in Washington, D.C., showed up 40 strong. Meanwhile, thousands of people met in the city prepared for a counter-protest. With half of the seven-acre Lafayette park being full of anti-racist groups, they were certainly outnumbered. And the scene…
It’s been one year since the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. And now, we are all bracing for what is being called Unite the Right 2, planned for this weekend in the Washington, D.C. area. A state of emergency has been declared in Virginia ahead of the…