But it's okay when you do?
If a black doesn't make it to VP it's because he's black and no other reason. If a woman doesn't make it to VP it's only because she's a woman. Talk about putting people in a bucket.
We have laws against such practices and have for many years. The only thing worse for a company getting sued is getting a discriminatory reputation. Even if they win it's extremely damaging to the company not only in reputation, but loss of customers.
You on the left think that all groups of people are the same. Out of the whites, 5% go for being VP and eventually a CEO. That means blacks and women must have the same percentage. 10% of whites go into construction, so that means 10% of minorities and women go into construction as well. It doesn't work that way and never has.
Again, look at our sports teams. Are they being discriminatory against whites and Asians? No, it's just that blacks have an elevated talent for such things. Like I said, I live in a black neighborhood. In the summer all you hear are black kids walking down the sidewalk bouncing a basketball. Find me a white neighborhood like that. Sure, I played basketball as a kid, but never dreamed that I'd be in the NBA one day. It's just something I liked to do a couple times a week.
Professional golf is a great example. Talk about a white gathering. You'd be hell pressed to find minorities playing or in the audience. Is it because they are discriminatory against minorities? No, it just doesn't interest a lot of minorities.
I'm not saying if a black doesn't make it to VP it's always because they are black. But the numbers show there is something wrong here Ray. Way too many women, blacks, asians, hispanics in the executive boardrooms of America. In a country as diverse as ours, somethings wrong
Shareholders, the media and the general public have been pressing for change and enhanced diversity in boardrooms. There’s no doubt that the good ol’ white boys club is being dismantled, but a new report suggests there’s still a long way to go before U.S. boards can shine as an example of equality.
boards are making considerable headway in appointing more women to their ranks. The number of women who filled new board seats in 2018 grew to 40 percent, up from 18 percent ten years ago when the executive search firm started monitoring board trends. Nevertheless,
according to a report by Deloitte and the Alliance for Board Diversity, the total share of women on Fortune 500 boards is still very much below the parity level, at 23 percent.
So women are actually making progress. Meanwhile, women like Lisa are dogging blacks because of AA? Wake up Lisa. What a hypocrite.
And corporate America is trying. At least in the board rooms. White old men will let minorities serve on the board but not in
There’s also been sustained progress in the appointments of African American, Hispanic and Asian/Asian-American candidates onto Fortune 500 boards over the past decade, reaching a record high in 2017. But at 23 percent representation, that’s also still quite low.
While this is still a pretty good number, bringing fresh thinking, inspirational ideas and new perspectives into boardrooms, in 2018, 53 percent of those first timers were men and 73 percent were Caucasian.
So much for progress on diversity.
There’s been a significant change,” says Gwin. “Ten years ago, diversity certainly would’ve been a topic, but now, in many cases, it’s a mandate.”
So, let’s appreciate how far we’ve come… while keeping an eye on all the opportunities left to grab. Because it’s not just about gender and ethnic diversity, it’s passport diversity, life experience diversity, age diversity… There are a lot of elements.
When it comes to board composition, a new report suggests there’s still a long way to go before U.S. boards can shine as an example of diversity.
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