Is it inclusion or fronting when a company asks junior Black employees to attend high-level meetings?
advertising, black lives matter, Business, Colin Kaepernick, consumer trust, diversity, Dove, Edited by Heather Landy, Inclusion, kendall jenner, marketing, Pepsi, Racism, social justice, The Purpose of Companies, unilever, wokewashing
If everybody hates wokewashing, why do companies still do it?
Consumers are adept at spotting the difference between authentic activism and performative allyship.
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IKEA reprinted its 2021 catalog to fix a potentially racist image
IKEA delayed its catalog because of one potentially racist photograph in the middle of the 296-page book.
aristocats, content warnings, Disney, Disney Plus, dumbo, peter pan, Racism, streaming, swiss family robinson
Disney Has Updated Disney Plus’s Content Warning for Old Racist Movies
When Disney Plus
launched, it did so with a vague warning attached to some of its older, more,
well, racist content, citing them as outdated. Recently, that warning got a
whole lot more specific. Read more…
AstraZeneca, Business, diversity, edited by katie palmer, Financial incentives, Fixing capitalism, Moderna, Pfizer, Racism, recruitment, vaccine
The business interests behind vaccine trials work against people of color
Covid-19 vaccine trials are struggling to recruit diverse patients as the industry works to undo long-standing exclusionary practices.
Bloggers, Influencer, News, Racism
How Racism Affects Bloggers and Influencers
Racism is one of the biggest problems everyone has to face in this emerging world. Human culture, despite being more accepting, still indirectly discriminates against those that are considered as minorities. Since it is inexplicitly inculcated in the behavior of many cultures, people who are considered “different” are usually discriminated against. Discrimination is true in […]
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America, Books, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Opinion, Racism, Trump
Isabel Wilkerson’s New Book ‘Caste’ Clings to the Past
Wilkerson sees her focus on caste as an X-ray, illuminating the invisible, unchanging dimensions of American life.
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face recognition, facial recognition, laws, oregon, Policy, Portland, privacy, Racism, surveillance
Portland adopts strictest facial recognition ban in nation to date
New laws ban public and private use of the tech, in nationwide first.
Business, CEO activism, CEOs, climate change, corporate purpose, Edited by Heather Landy, employee activism, ethical leadership, leadership, management, Modern Leadership, omidyar network, Racism, Work
CEOs should stop worrying and learn to love employee activism
It just might forge a better future for capitalism.
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These are all the ways Chinese fans think Netflix will ruin “The Three-Body Problem”
How faithfully will the US production adapt the Chinese cultural touch points of Liu Cixin’s beloved science-fiction trilogy?