It begs the question of whether some companies believe that having a diversity, equity and inclusion position, and having a Black person fill it, addresses the DEI issue in its entirety.
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A person can have Black friends, live in a diverse city, go to lunch with their Black co-workers, be hugged on stage by a Black woman, and still harbor racist views, whether they know it or not.
If young boys of color never see men of color in any of these roles – in life or in media – it forfeits them the opportunity to see what they could be as they progress into adulthood.
For your commitment to social justice to be real, genuine and believable, it CANNOT exist only when there is conflict.
At the risk of referencing an overused phrase, this first full year of running the My Brother’s Keeper Scholarship Endowment Fund certainly pays homage to the “If you build it, they will come” philosophy.