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Pamela Newkirk: Diversity, Inc

Pamela Newkirk: Diversity, Inc

FromDisobedient Femmes


Pamela Newkirk: Diversity, Inc

FromDisobedient Femmes

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Between 2014 and 2016 Google spent $265 million dollars to diversify their workforce, but their percentage of black employees remains at 2%.
In this episode of Disobedient Femmes Suzanne LaGrande talks to award- winning journalist, professor at New York University, and author of the recently published book, Diversity Inc, The Failed Promise of a Billion Dollar Business.
Some of the topics discussed in the interview include:
How the call for greater diversity and inclusion in public and private workplaces became a billion dollar business.
Why these programs have overwhelming failed to make necessary changes in workplace diversity
Actual solutions that would create real inclusion and true diversity.
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Released:
Apr 28, 2021
Format:
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