We need real metrics to tackle workplace diversity
“There is a crucial organizational design flaw with the current model of hiring a head of DEI, paying them handsomely, and giving them ‘influence, not power.’”
The Extent of Passive Racism in the Media
“In the last 15 years, less than 0.01% of print features and critical pieces were edited by a Black editor. More women were able to publish profiles in the magazine between 1925 and 1935 than between 1990 and 2000. And over the last 30 years, spanning 1990 to 2020, few to no reviews of cinema, fine arts or classical music were published by either women or writers of color…. written [on Twitter] by a New Yorker insider: Erin Overbey, the magazine’s own archive editor.”
The Chief Diversity Officer Hiring Frenzy
“Companies’ top diversity executives too often lack the power or resources to effect real change.”