ReInventing Diversity for the 21st Century
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Adam Bender, 8, is one of several kids who plays catcher in Southeastern’s rookie league at Veterans Park. What makes Adam stand out is that he plays one of the toughest positions on the field with only one leg. Because of cancer, he had his left leg amputated when he was one. Adam doesn’t use a prosthesis, and only uses crutches when he reaches base for the Astros.
Turning Diversity into Dollars
The NAA Foundation asked Leading Edge Associates to examine best-practice firms to learn how they create positive business results by incorporating principles of diversity and inclusion. Six key principals emerged. Click for more...
Why Diversity, Why Now?
According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers, forward-thinking leaders, recognize the need to invest in diversity and inclusion as part of their overall talent management practices and to continually challenge their organizations to make the connection between those principles and their corporate performance. Click for more...
U.S. to Extend Its Job Benefits to Gay Partners
President Obama will sign a presidential memorandum to extend benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, but he will stop short of pledging full health insurance coverage. Click for more...
In the Newsroom: Hispanic, Latino or What?
A 2006 survey by the Pew Hispanic Center found that 48% of Latino adults generally describe themselves by their country of origin first; 26% generally use the terms Latino or Hispanic first; and 24% generally call themselves American on first reference. As for a preference between “Hispanic” and “Latino”, a 2008 Center survey found that 36% of respondents prefer the term “Hispanic,” 21% prefer the term “Latino” and the rest have no preference. Click for more...
Voices Reflect Rising Sense of Racial Optimism
More Americans indicated that they were feeling optimistic about race relations, yet no one claimed that racial prejudice has disappeared. Click for more...
Gay in the Academy
As conditions have improved in the nation, so too has the academic world become a bit better for scholars who identify as G, L, and sometimes Q (though there is still a long way to go for B and especially T). Click for more...
Women Bullying Women at Work
A good 40 percent of workplace bullies are women. At least the male bullies take an egalitarian approach, mowing down men and women pretty much in equal measure. The women appear to prefer their own kind, choosing other women as targets more than 70 percent of the time. Click for more...
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Workplace Diversity -- Practice and Research
George Mason University School of Management 3rd Annual Diversity Conference
Join diversity professionals of all backgrounds—corporate leaders, managers, academics, researchers—to explore the latest best practices and research in diversity management and business education specific to cultural competency in the workplace. Keynote speakers include: Howard Ross, Founder and Chief Learning Officer, Cook Ross Inc. "What is Cultural Competency? Setting the Boundaries" and Chris Earley, Dean, University of Connecticut School of Business, "Cultural Intelligence and Discovering Underlying Capabilities for Sojourners". Click for more...
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First Disney Princess Has Fans and Detractors
For the first time in Walt Disney animation history, the fairest of them all is black. The debate surrounding “The Princess and the Frog” illustrates how difficult it is to deal with race in animation, experts say. Cartoons by their nature trade in caricatures. Click for more...
Limited Progress for Minority Football Coaches
USA TODAY examined diversity at the highest ranks of major-college football coaching, about 3.5% of head coaches and 5% of offensive and defensive coordinators were minorities. Click for more...
Moving Beyond “Cosmetic Diversity”
The Wall Street Journal turned the tables on the presidents of 10 top colleges and universities with an unusual assignment: answer an essay question from their own school's application. Colin Diver, president of Reed College , wrote, "Did I really understand what it means to live in a diverse neighborhood? Or did I just want cosmetic diversity as a backdrop for imposing my white, professional-class ways?" Click for more...
Times Are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and at Home
A new report from Families and Work Institute details the blending of gender roles among Millennials. Click for more...
The Trouble with Diversity
Celebrating the diversity of American life has become the American left's way of accepting their poverty, of accepting inequality. Our current notion of cultural diversity -- trumpeted as the repudiation of racism and biological essentialism -- in fact grew out of and perpetuates the very concepts it congratulates itself on having escaped. Click for more...
**Headscratcher of the Week**
U.S. Senator called “That Jew”
An Arkansas state lawmaker hoping for the a nod to run for Senate reportedly referred to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer as "that Jew" during an appearance before a Republican group.
**Wise Words of Inclusion**
“We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other.” -Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas de Chamfort, writer (1741-1794)
