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Race in the Ranks: Investigating Racial Bias in the U.S. Military
By David Martin—March 21, 2021 More than 70 years after the armed services were integrated, it is still a fact of life in the U.S. military that African Americans are more likely to be disciplined and less likely to be promoted than Whites. Even the most successful...
Anti-Asian Hate Incident Reports Nearly Doubled in March, New Data Says
By Kimmy Yam—May 11, 2021 New data on anti-Asian hate incidents reveals some startling increases in reports this year. The reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate released a national report last week, examining incidents that took place over roughly a year during the...
Why White Managers Must Take On The Work of Code-Switching Now
BY S. MITRA KALITA—March 24, 2021 A certain diversity memo is clearly making the rounds: Read books on anti-racism, hire more Black people, check in on your staffers of color. But then what? Much of the advice in business columns is geared toward white managers trying...
Apple Launches Major New Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Projects to Challenge Systemic Racism, Advance Racial Equity Nationwide
Jan. 13, 2021 Apple today announced a set of major new projects as part of its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI) to help dismantle systemic barriers to opportunity and combat injustices faced by communities of color. These forward-looking and...
A Case For Black Imagination
By Geoff McHenry—Jan. 6 2021 I remember June 2020 like it was yesterday. Every top executive at every company in the country, looked at their black employees and asked a different version of the same question: “What can we do to support you and people like you?” In...
Nike Anti-Racism Video Goes Viral, Sparks Controversy in Japan
By Kyodo News—Dec. 7 2020 A Nike Japan video highlighting bullying and racism in Japan has sparked furious backlash online, with many posting pledges to boycott the sportswear brand for painting the nation in a negative light. The two-minute video titled "The Future...
Using Familiar Designs, Political Signs Urge Voters to Remember Police Brutality Victims
By Doug Zanger—Oct. 7, 2020 Lawn signs are one of the most reliable and impactful staples of an election. Over the years in presidential elections, there have been some iconic designs that political junkies associate with specific candidates. In a new campaign,...
To Create Racial Change, Advertising Must ‘Envision a World That Doesn’t Exist’
By Doug Zanger—July 21, 2020 Last month, a high-profile full-page print ad doubled as a protest sign in advance of Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Okla., just after the Juneteenth holiday. The ad in The Oklahoma Eagle, one of America’s oldest Black-owned newspapers,...
Latinx Leaders Advancing Educational & Racial Equity
By Laura Zingg—Sept. 14, 2020 The Latinx community is not a monolith, but full of rich complexity and history. This community includes individuals with roots in dozens of countries worldwide and those with multiple racial identities, cultural, and linguistic...