DEI is an important response to that history and has accomplished much, despite sometimes uneven execution, says Olivia Christian, who juggles dual careers as a sportscaster and consultant to employee-resource groups for women and people of color at Google, Visa Amazon and other firms. It traces the ebb and flow of corporate diversity efforts, from attempts to comply with President John F. Kennedy’s “affirmative action” executive order in the 1960s to recasting diversity as a management strategy in the 1980s, when President Ronald Reagan threatened to end affirmative action. Little wonder the backlash against DEI, led by activist Robby Starbuck, has been so forceful, he says. Read More...
DEI is an important response to that history and has accomplished much, despite sometimes uneven execution, says Olivia Christian, who juggles dual careers as a sportscaster and consultant to employee-resource groups for women and people of color at Google, Visa Amazon and other firms. It traces the ebb and flow of corporate diversity efforts, from attempts to comply with President John F. Kennedy’s “affirmative action” executive order in the 1960s to recasting diversity as a management strategy in the 1980s, when President Ronald Reagan threatened to end affirmative action. Little wonder the backlash against DEI, led by activist Robby Starbuck, has been so forceful, he says.
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