Go Ethnics Go !?!?
Communities of Colour reject the tactics of certain politicians in their targeting of particular ethno-racial groups in pursuit of so-called “very ethnic votes” !?
We’re more than just a vote. Take a stand. Have a say !! VOTE !!
Diversity training damned in new study
Most diversity training is not evaluated at all or languishes in the Level 1, la la land of ‘happy sheets’. So check out Alexandra Kalev’s study from the University of Arizona. 31 years of data from 830 companies – how’s that for a Level 4 evaluative study! Her latest study found, after the delivery of diversity training, a 7.5% DROP in women managers, 10% DROP in black women managers and a 12% DROP in black men in senior management positions. There were similar DROPS among Latinos and Asians.
Groupthink seems to be at the heart of the matter. Groupthink among people who employ and promote people like themselves creates the problem. Groupthink among compliance training companies who simply do what they do without supporting evidence and tout ineffective ‘courses’. Groupthink in HR, who find it easier to just run ‘courses’ rather than tackle real business problems.
Source: Donald Clark Plan B
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Diversity is inefficient
When I speak at anti-war rallies the audience is usually all White, when I speak at immigration rallies the audience is usually all Brown… Global warming, usually White, police brutality, usually Black, and so on. The progressive movement is segregated, and race is the tripwire that prevents us from coming together. Not only do I find this to be very discouraging, it is self-defeating.
Diversity is inefficient.
At least, it is inefficient in the short run. In the long run, to repeat myself, we are not going to win anything anymore if we can’t build racially inclusive coalitions and organizations.
Source: NOI
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The biggest problem with old-style retweets is people editing content in and out of them, producing a Chinese whispers trail of inaccuracy.
Source: Pete Ashton
Blinded by the White: Social Media and Diversity
If social media is going to be a public “face” of organizations, and drive kinship with the populace, we have to do more than rely on a bunch of 30 year-old White people to do so.
Source: Convince & Convert
Can Alexandra Wallace Yell Racism in a Crowded Library? [Reader Forum]
Thank you Alexandra Wallace. The video got so many ‘eyeballs’, raised fuller awareness about racism, reaching so many including those who might not have shown interest in the topic. Reactions from far and wide remind us how far we have come and how much more work needs to be done. Thank you for making us think harder.
Diversity leads to a drop in trust
The greater the ethnic diversity in Amsterdam neighbourhoods, the lower the sense of well-being of its residents. They feel less at home there, or say they are more concerned about future developments.
The research shows that a higher number of non-Western immigrants leads to a reduced sense of security and well-being among residents. A larger number of Western immigrants leads to increased trust in the quality of life and future of the neighbourhood.
Source: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Why I'm not celebrating Black History Month
- Interviewer: Black history month you find…
- Morgan Freeman: Ridiculous.
- Interviewer: Why?
- Morgan Freeman: You’re going to relegate my history to a month?
- Interviewer: Oh, come on.
- Morgan Freeman: What do you do with yours? Which month is white history month?
- Interviewer: (pause) Well, I’m Jewish.
- Morgan Freeman: Okay. Which month is jewish history month?
- Interviewer: There isn’t one.
- Morgan Freeman: Oh, oh. Why not? Do you want one?
- Interviewer: No.
- Morgan Freeman: Right. I don’t either. I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history.
- Interviewer: How are we going to get rid of racism?
- Morgan Freeman: Stop talking about it.
- Question: IS MORGAN FREEMAN CORRECT?
Are you going to write in Cantonese?
As a generation 1.5 Canadian, I didn’t know how to respond to that. Cantonese is an oral language spoken in parts of Southeast Asia and by some Chinese diaspora – a written language it is not. As someone who navigates as an Anglophone in Canada, the question took me by surprise.
I was talking in English with a Canadian (read ‘white’) about my plans for writing when he posed the question. Imagine if the word “Cantonese” was replaced with say “Yiddish” or “Moorish”, how would that phrase sound?
In multiracial/multilingual Canada where language and race are mutually exclusive elements, it is the ‘Canadians’ who often have difficulty with such a concept.
ASUA candidates’ backgrounds demonstrate real diversity
The notion of “diversity” should never be defined strictly in terms of race or ethnicity. Diversity doesn’t have to look like a United Colors of Benetton ad, or a picture in a brochure of a black man, a Hispanic woman, their white friend and an Asian thrown in for good measure.
Real diversity comes from a full spectrum of perspectives, and color is hardly the end-all, be-all deciding factor in what kind of perspective people can bring to the table. Rather, students should seek diversity in all forms. Entrusting 10 kids with the concerns of nearly 40,000 means seeking the widest range of personal experiences possible.
Source: Arizona Daily Wildcat
