The HBR Diversity and Inclusion Collection (5 Books)

 

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U.S. BUSINESSES MUST TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION AGAINST RACISM

by Laura Morgan Roberts and Ella F. Washington

Editor’s Note: We have chosen to include this article unedited from how it first appeared on June 1, 2020, a week after the murder of George Floyd, to better capture the urgency of its call to action and the moment in which it was written.

The United States is in crisis. As we write this article, videos of racial violence and racist threats toward Black people in America flood social and news media channels. Public demonstrations against injustice are happening in at least 30 localities. During nonviolent protests, other parties have engaged in vandalism and looting, spurring varied and often disproportionate police response. Several ...