CHAPTER EIGHTDo White Guys Even Have to Worry About Diversity Since They Don’t Have Any?
Dear Diversity Diva:
I understand what you’re saying. I buy what you’re selling. I’m even singing in your Amen Choir. But I’m a straight white guy, so I don’t have any diversity. That’s right, isn’t it?
Signed,White Border on the Rainbow
White Men Can Jump
It has almost become a national gag how white men in America—straight ones with no disabilities—feel that they are becoming extinct. Even if all white men don’t feel this way, the media often tries to make them feel as if they should.
It truly is one of the biggest misconceptions of diversity in the workplace. In part, it has been perpetuated by how corporate America has treated diversity in the workplace ...
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