This article discusses the importance of diversity in the workplace and how it can be improved by reading books such as “The Racial Wealth Gap”, “The Real Ones”, and “The Inattention Economy”, which discuss the racial wealth gap, the need for people of color to be authentic, and the contributions of women of color to the internet.
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“Groundbreaking Magic: A Black Woman’s Journey Through the Happiest Place on Earth” by Martha Blanding with Tim O’Day
Martha Blanding’s biography, “Groundbreaking Magic”, tells the story of her 50-year career at Disney, where she worked her way up from tour guide to manager and fought for equality for minority workers.
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Texas adds its name to the list of states supporting 21st century Jim Crow laws
Austin, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed SB1, an omnibus voter suppression bill on Tuesday that makes a large-scale attack on the fundamental right to vote. The legislation places unnecessary and discriminatory burdens on Texans trying to access the ballot box.
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President Biden Calls GOP Voter Suppression Proposals ‘Sick’ in First Press Conference
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “What I’m worried about is how un-American this whole initiative is,” President Biden said of GOP-led initiatives around the country to suppress or revoke voting rights to many, particularly individuals of color. “It’s sick. It’s sick,” the President added.
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Georgia’s New Voter Suppression Law Could Cost Atlanta the MLB All-Star Game & $200 Million
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Georgia lawmakers’ restrictive and oppressive new voter laws may cost the team and city the privilege of hosting Major League Baseball’s summer showcase. It may also cost the local economy more than $200 million. Major League Baseball’s Players’ Association plans to meet with its 750-plus members to decide whether to force the game to another location.
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‘Twenty Pearls’ AKA Documentary Shows the Vision and Impact of Black College Women
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Executive Producer and Alpha Kappa Alpha member Kimberly Esmond Adams believes anytime is the right time to tell this type of American story. “This story talks about the role that a group of college women, who were still finding their way in the world, yet were intelligent enough to understand that the world was bigger than them and they could do something concrete to make it better for everyone.”
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Disney+ Streaming Service Places Restrictions on ‘Classics’ with Racist Stereotypes
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The crows and musical numbers pay homage to racist minstrel shows, where White performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans on Southern plantations,” Disney officials noted about “Dumbo” on its streaming platform. “The leader of the group in Dumbo is Jim Crow, which shares the name of laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States,” the statement continued.
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Day of Remembrance
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It is important to recognize the International Decade for People of African Descent as an international corrective to combat the systematic indoctrination of the lie of African inferiority,” said Dr. Kevin Cokley, the director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis. “Passing H.R. 40 would count as the most significant legislative achievement to impact the victims of the transatlantic slave trade.”
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FORTRESS MINNEAPOLIS: City ‘Violence Baits’ Community Ahead of Chauvin Trial
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the run-up to the Chauvin trial, it appears the City has prepared for every possible contingency. Preparations include barricades, barbed wire, moats filled with razor wire, fences, concrete barriers, and boarded-up offices and storefronts. The city has also enlisted the help of over 1,000 fully armed law enforcement personnel from dozens of nearby agencies, 2,000 national guardsmen, dozens of grief counselors, trauma counselors and it is offering $175,000 contracts from the Office of Violence Prevention to qualified applicants.
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Waiting on Appeal Verdict, Cosby Committed to Helping Fellow Inmates
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “He comes in here, and he doesn’t act like he’s better than anyone. He keeps it simple. Look, he is a political prisoner. He is in here not for a crime, but adultery. But he does not look for favors, and with all his money and resources, he has nothing more than what we have, no extras when he could easily have extras,” said fellow inmate Anthony “Benny-Do” Sutton, who has served 38 years of a mandatory life sentence for murder.
