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Episode 7 Diversity in the workplace today is defined very broadly – including dimensions such as thinking style, professional experience and job role. While rooted in efforts to promote justice and fairness, especially for women and people of color in the U.S., do today’s efforts to enlist all employees, avoid the hard and often volatile issue of race? Have our efforts to be inclusive actually missed the mark by not addressing race and racism head on? In efforts to champion diversity and be inclusive have we backed away from race? How does the more subtle and covert nature of racism today impact diversity in the workplace? What is the role of race in inclusiveness initiatives today? Who owns the issue(s)? What are the best roles for white people in addressing diversity? Can white people ever be more than allies? By focusing on organizational effectiveness rather than oppression do we support unjust systems which maximize profits and gain for the few at the expense of many? Co-hosts Richard Friend and Judy Seidenstein discuss these and other controversial issues regarding the values, philosophies and strategies that are at the foundation of workplace diversity efforts. Today’s guests include Frederick A. Miller CEO and Lead Client Strategist with the Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group; Al Vivian, President and CEO of Basic Diversity, and Angela Park, consultant and Director of Diversity Matters, a project that provides diversity resources to support environmental and social change.
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