Ending Checkbox Diversity

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DEI Failures

Despite the PR campaigns, Black and Brown faces in marketing materials, and quippy social media accounts, Corporate America largely still “doesn’t get it” when it comes to DEI.

Corporate Responses to DEI

In response to the murder of George Floyd, Mark Zuckerburg posted on Facebook: “To help in this fight, I know Facebook needs to do more to support equality and safety.” He promised millions in investment to racial justice groups, even committing money from his own private philanthropy to the work. However, as is the case in much of the tech industry, Black individuals make up less than 4 percent of Facebook’s workforce, and during an annual meeting just days before Zuckerburg posted that message on Facebook, executive leadership ...