CHAPTER 3
WHO SNUCK THE “E” BETWEEN THE “D” AND THE “I”?
The Evolution of DEI
A journey is called that because you cannot know what you will discover on the journey, what you will do, what you will find, nor what you find will do to you.
JAMES BALDWINBlack American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist1
LET’S START WITH THE “D”
On the eastern edge of California’s San Francisco Bay Area lies a premier research and development laboratory dedicated to national security—that’s code for keeping the United States’s nuclear weapons safe, secure, and reliable. It was here, in February 1980, that a young, multicultural woman joined the organization, not as a scientist, but as an administrative assistant. Her name was Lorie Valle. The organization ...
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