Tag Archives: Black

Race + Color + Ethnicity
The Football League, one of England and Wales’ major association football leagues, looks to implement new management diversity initiative.
  • League Chairman Greg Clarke has worked with clubs and managers on reforming the recruitment process to be more inclusive of black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates.
  • Proposals such as a requirement to interview at least one BAME candidate where an application is received mirror the U.S. National Football League’s Rooney Rule.
  • Of the 72 current club managers, only six are are minorities.

“It is our hope that this moment of enlightenment might stir some into adopting best practices in recruitment, appointment and retention to achieve equality and diversity outcomes. Professional football clubs should reflect the demography of their location and the aspirations of the communities surrounding their existence.”

More on this story at The Guardian.

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Gender, Race + Color + Ethnicity

News

Satori Interactive, a tech company founded and led by two black sisters, wins Black Enterprise‘s Family Business of the Year award.
  • The sisters, both computer science graduates, founded the company in 2004 in an industry that still struggles with diversity in both gender and race.
  • The 2013 U.S. Census Report revealed that only 25% of STEM employees in 2011 were women and only 6% African-Americans, despite the latter graduating with computer science degrees from elite universities  at twice that rate.
  • Satori Interactive provides business-to-business services focusing on user experience research and consulting.

“Our father would tell us, ‘If you’re good at what you do, people respect you and they welcome your suggestions and feedback. Nobody can take your knowledge away from you.’”

More on this story at The Root.

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Nationality + Migration, Race + Color + Ethnicity
Ethiopian Israelis continue anti-racism demonstrations in Tel Aviv.
  • The protests continue a month after the incendiary event involving two Israeli police officers assaulting an Ethiopian IDF soldier.
  • Wednesday’s rally involved roughly 200 protesters and a heavy police presence, with two arrests but no violence despite police warnings.

More on this story at Al Jazeera.

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Race + Color + Ethnicity
Guardian investigation finds nearly two-thirds of unarmed individuals killed by police or in police custody in 2015 have been minorities.
  • The Counted, The Guardian‘s new interactive database tracking police killings in the U.S., reports that almost 1 in 3 black people killed by police were unarmed, while 1 in 4 Hispanics/Latinos were.
  • The database details a state-by-state breakdown of total and per-capita, gender, race/ethnicity, armed status, and by-cause fatality numbers, as well as a searchable list of those killed.
  • Advocates for police reform laud the investigation as a step towards awareness-building and accountability.

“The public need to know what is happening and be made more informed. With them being more informed they would be able to react differently, in a positive way, to make changes, to make sure some of these things don’t happen again.”

More on this story at The Guardian.

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