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Minorities, for Rent

<span>The satirical website Rent-A-Minority is a biting indictment of how people </span><span>in business often </span><span>talk about diversity.</span>
Source: Joe Skipper / Reuters

Do you work at one of the 96 percent of top companies whose corporate suite lacks a person of color? Tired of looking out into the audience at the Oscars and not seeing any black nominees? Has your industry been attacked on social media for its lack of diversity? Well, worry no more. There’s a new service to fix your representation needs: Rent-A-Minority.

I kid, I kid. This isn’t a real service, but it is a real

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