Diversity Questions & Answers

Q. Is diversity training important for small businesses?

A. My answer may surprise you --

Many small business owners are not ready to handle the problems associated with cultural diversity in the workplace. If not prepared, a business may find themselves facing discrimination suits, litigation expenses, legal fees and settlements, high employee turnover, and negative community image.

Have you ever had an employee get angry with you because they felt discriminated against--even though that was not your intention? How did you respond? Were you able to diffuse the situation before it got out of control? Are you a woman business owner who takes male clients to lunch? Who pays the bill ? you or him? Do you travel abroad? What types of cultural differences do you need to be aware of? Are you prepared to deal with these situations?

If you are a business owner, you need to recognize, respect, and capitalize on the different backgrounds in our society. Different cultural groups have different values, styles, and personalities. This reflects in how businesses interact. Having a diverse workplace will improve your company?s competitive edge in the marketplace.

Diversity, or sensitivity training is very common among large corporations now. While many small business owners cannot afford this training, it is still important to put this into practice when dealing with your employees. Many companies use different techniques for sensitivity training.

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Diversity Briefings Newsletter, November 22, 2010

Welcome to Diversity Briefings: 11/22/2010

Volume 1, Issue 20. Published Each Monday - Friday

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GINA: It's More Than Just a Pretty Name
From Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP: The employment-related provisions (Title II) of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 took effect November 21, 2009. Although the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces the GINA, issued proposed regulations in March 2009, the final regulations were issued only last week. They will take effect January 10, 2011.The GINA appears eminently reasonable on its face, but it is riddled with traps and technicalities that could create problems for inattentive employers. In general, “GINA prohibits use of genetic information in employment decision making, restricts acquisition of genetic information, requires that genetic information be maintained as a confidential medical record, and places strict limits on disclosure of genetic information.” Although this sounds unremarkable, an individual’s family history is considered “genetic information.” Thus, an essential part of most medical examinations is generally off-limits.
http://www.constangy.com/communications-308.html
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EEOC poised to help older workers fight hiring bias
From Marcia Meercer, InsideNova.com: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seems poised to fight age bias in hiring. That’s good news for workers older than 55, who have more trouble recovering from job losses than younger folks. Unemployment for people 55 and older soared from 3 percent in November 2007 to 7.3 percent in August. While 7.3 percent may not sound bad when the national unemployment rate is stuck near 10 percent, the past 22 months have been the longest spell of high unemployment older workers as a group have experienced in 60 years.
http://www2.insidenova.com/news/2010/nov/21/mercer-eeoc-poised-help-older-workers-fight-hiring-ar-666516/
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Lilly Ledbetter's fight for equal pay goes on
Reports Roy L Williams, The Birmingham News: For Lilly Ledbetter, last week was a sign that her battle for equal pay is not over. On Wednesday, the Alabama native and namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was in Washington as the U.S. Senate debated the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Paycheck Fairness Act, which had already passed the U.S. House, would ensure that women aren't retaliated against for seeking information about what their male co-workers earn to ensure they are being paid properly.
http://www2.insidenova.com/news/2010/nov/21/mercer-eeoc-poised-help-older-workers-fight-hiring-ar-666516/
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Workers with hygiene issues need to be told
Reports Joyce E.A. Russell, The Washington Post: Obviously, personal hygiene is important at work. Most people wouldn't go to a job interview without combing their hair or wearing clean clothes because they know that hiring decisions are heavily influenced by first impressions. Being clean and neat makes people feel more confident, especially in social situations, and those who aren't properly groomed run the risk of being ridiculed or ostracized… You do have to be sensitive to the fact that people from different backgrounds and cultures might have different norms for bathing, dress and hygiene. It is okay, though, to share the organization's norms, especially if working relationships with colleagues and clients are being affected.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/19/AR2010111906390.html
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Civil Rights Fast Continues in New York
Out In Jersey reports: On November 2, the LGBT Civil Rights Fast team of Alan Bounville and Iana Di Bona began a fast. They made a simple demand that in accordance with the successful passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (CRA), assuring full equality for all Americans, that it now include LGBTQ people by adding, “sexual orientation and gender identity. We have been sitting/standing/sleeping outside our senator’s office with one simple demand: please file the bill in Washington that adds “sexual orientation and gender identity" to the Civil Rights Act” says Alan Bounville.
http://www.outinjersey.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=998:civil-rights-fast-continues-in-new-york&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
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Is Internet Access the Next Civil Rights Battle?
Urban Inside reports: Many of the country’s leading civil rights organizations are siding with the phone and cable companies in their bid to prevent federal regulations over their broadband, or high-speed, Internet services. At stake: whether to preserve “network neutrality” — the longstanding principle that all consumers can access whatever websites or applications they want on the Internet, at the same speed and without limitations imposed by Internet service providers. Clouding the issue, however, is that more than half a dozen of these groups are fighting accusations of being bought off by the telecom industry. Records of telecom contributions to minority interests reveal a minimum of nearly $2 billion in cash and in-kind support made in the past decade by the top three providers — AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast.
http://www.urbaninsite.com/?p=12597
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Urban League supporters ponder the future of civil rights groups
Reports Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer: The Urban League of Greater Cleveland, which recently faced its own mortality, inspired a discussion Friday about the future of civil rights organizations and whether they can and should survive. A consensus quickly emerged that the need to address inequality remains great but that new strategies are required to pay for it.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/11/urban_league_supporters_ponder.html
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Workplace diversity is key to success: Nasscom to IT Inc
From Bangladore, India DH News Service reports : Nasscom, on Monday, said diversity and inclusion have become key business strategies for IT companies, who no longer view gender inclusion as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Addressing the Nasscom summit, Senior Director Sucharita Eashwar said member companies today show a great deal of maturity in the way they define policies on diversity and equality at work place. Despite encouraging 40 per cent out of an estimated 400 million IT work force in the country being women, industry leaders agree that the net has to be cast wider across disability, language, geography, age and other barriers if the 10 million deficit in manpower were to be plugged.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/114988/workplace-diversity-key-success-nasscom.html
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Demographic shift will affect how news is covered and consumed
Diversity Inc. reports: According to an August 2008 report by the U.S. Census Bureau, groups currently categorized as racial/ethnic "minorities"—Blacks and Latinos, East Asians and South Asians—will account for a majority of the U.S. population by the year 2042. In 2008, nearly half (47 percent) of the nation's children under 5 years of age were listed as a minority, with 25 percent being Latino. By the fall of 2018—just nine years away—public high schools across the nation will have a majority of traditionally underrepresented students, says the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, a research group headquartered in Boulder, Colo. Some states already have a majority population that is not white: California, 70 percent; Texas, more than 60 percent; Florida, Georgia and Mississippi, 53 percent in each. Other states stand on the brink of the majority-minority change: Illinois, New York and North Carolina. This large demographic shift will affect everything, including how news is covered and consumed.
http://www.diversityinc.com/department/103/Diversity-News/
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Why are more Latinos heading for college?
Gail Zoppo of Diversity Inc. reports: Instead of trying to compete for jobs during the economic downturn, a record 2.6 million full-time freshmen enrolled in 6,100 institutions during the start of the recession (2007–2008), reports the Pew Research Center, with the percentage of Latino enrollment outpacing all other racial/ethnic groups. According to the just-released "Minorities and the Recession-Era College Enrollment Boom," the 6 percent enrollment spike was the largest increase in 40 years. And the majority of growth came from Latino and Black student enrollment: Between 2007 and 2008, Latino freshmen enrollment grew 15 percent and Black enrollment jumped 8 percent, compared with an increase of only 3 percent among white freshmen. What else did the study find?
http://diversityinc.com/article/7789/Why-Are-More-Latinos-Going-to-College/
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Companies Must Manage the ‘ISMs’ When Working With Diversity
Susan Klopfer writes
-- “We have some great new and positive ideas for restructuring our sales workforce, ultimately helping our entire company to get through this recession. But there is so much resistance to diversity that I can’t implement all of our plans and I am coming to you for some help. How do I encourage our sales division to make these changes?”
--Sales Vice President, Rema, describes her dilemma to members of her company’s special change management team during their weekly meeting at WXYZ Company.
--“Diversity is always a tough area of change,” says Pete, a team member who initiated its organization five years earlier. Pete had taken diversity management classes in college, becoming a devout follower of diversity gurus R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. and William Sonnenschein. He persuaded his company’s CEO to organize this group that advises other managers as they implement change throughout the organization. “We call this time of most resistance during any change project as being in the Delta,” he explains to Rema.
--“We know you’ve worked hard to get everyone behind the sales restructuring project, and it was especially critical that you considered the diversity component in these changes,” another group member, Marilyn, joins in.
--“But I am not surprised that you are encountering serious resistance from line managers, employees, and even senior managers. Resistance typically rises from many sources.”
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http://diversitythoughts.blogspot.com/p/companies-must-manage-isms-when-working.html
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Diversity Briefings Newsletter, Nov. 18, 2010

Welcome to Diversity Briefings: 11/18/2010

Volume 1, Issue 21. Published Each Monday - Friday

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Today's issue is really brief. My apologies. We will be back in full force tomorrow.

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Justice Department Announces Settlement of Litigation with AMC Entertainment Inc.
The Justice Departent today announced a settlement agreement with AMC Entertainment Incl to resolve a lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The suit challenged, among other things, the design of stadium-style movie theaters that fail to provide persons who use wheelchairs with comparable lines of sight to those of other moviegoers. AMC is the second largest movie theater chain in the country with about 5,300 screens. “Going to the movies is an archetypal American leisure activity,” said Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights. “We are pleased that AMC is taking steps to provide persons who use wheelchairs with access to the enhanced viewing experience of stadium-style theaters.”
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/November/10-crt-1319.html
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Suit says ethnic stereotypes in nursing textbook
(Reuters) - Do many African Americans tend to be high-keyed, animated, confrontational and interpersonal? Are men of Japanese heritage presumed incapable of managing their day-to-day affairs? Are Cubans particularly sexually attracted to the overweight? A former nursing professor at the University of Central Florida says she was fired in 2008 after refusing to use a textbook, "Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care" by Larry Purnell and Betty Paulanka, containing descriptions like these.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AH4OO20101118
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Senator pushes for vote on gender discrimination treaty
From Robert Koeni, St. Louis Beacon, Washington correspondent: When Linda Tarr-Whelan was President Jimmy Carter's White House assistant for women's issues in 1980, she and her 12-year-old daughter were thrilled when he signed an international pact called the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (called CEDAW). This year, that daughter celebrated her 42nd birthday, and Tarr-Whelan's 12-year-old granddaughter was assigned to write a school paper about why the U.S. Senate had never ratified the treaty, which affirms principles of human rights and equality for women -- even though 186 of 193 countries have done so.
http://www.stlbeacon.org/issues-politics/280-washington/106408-durbin-pushes-for-vote-on-gender-discrimination-treaty
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Diversity Briefings Newsletter, Nov. 15, 2010

Welcome to Diversity Briefings: 11/15/2010

Volume 1, Issue 18. Published Each Monday - Friday

Today’s New Diversity Topics: Shirley Sherrod, Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr., Distinguished Dialogue Event - American Institute for Managing Diversity, Inc. Reports on Cross-Generational Engagement in the Workplace - Group Alleges Discrimination Against Blind - Hate-crime Law Called Ineffective - Culture of Bullying: Loss of Civility at School, Work, Politics - Ernst & Young Leader Says Global Diversity Drives Revenue - Brief History of Multicultural Education  - Too Sensual For Promotion? - Even When Minorities Are At Their ‘Best,’ Another Set Of Rules Applies + Today's Diversity Management Briefing
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Shirley Sherrod and Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr., Distinguished Dialogue Event
The American Institute for Managing Diversity Hosts an Evening Reception with Shirley Sherrod and Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. on December 8, 2010. Emory University Law School,Tull Auditorium.
--Dr. Thomas writes: “During the 25 plus years I have been active in the diversity arena, many have asked, “How can we achieve a society with communities and organizations that move beyond race?” Shirley Sherrod’s story provides a case study of how one person got over her racial animosities and developed a capability to serve non-discriminately with respect to race. Yet, as her story has unfolded, relatively little attention has been paid to her reconciliation process.” Registration information at
http://www.aimd.org/index.php
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American Institute for Managing Diversity, Inc. Reports on Cross-Generational Engagement in the Workplace
The demographics of organizations continue to change over the years due to the entrance of younger workers and delayed retirement of older workers. As a result, organizations must effectively manage the existence of four different generational groups with divergent work ethics, values, expectations and behaviors. AIMD has culled through an array of research and diversity literature to produce two user friendly reports on approaches and practices that help foster effective cross-generational engagement.
http://www.aimd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=85
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Group Alleges Discrimination Against Blind
DUQ News reports: The National Federation of the Blind has filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education claiming that Penn State University discriminates against blind students and faculty. The advocacy group alleges that various university computer and technology based services and websites are inaccessible to the blind. The organization says there are text-to-speech programs and other tools to make the services accessible but Penn State has not used them.
http://wduqnews.blogspot.com/2010/11/group-alleges-discrimination-against.html
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Revised hate-crime law criticized as ineffective
Chron National reports: WASHINGTON — No one has been brought to trial or convicted under an amended federal hate crimes law in the year since it was expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity.The Department of Justice reports there are about 76 such cases pending across the country, a category that includes anything from an investigation to an indictment. Some gay and civil rights groups say the law has proved ineffective.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/7293936.html
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Culture of Bullying: Loss of Civility at School, Work, Politics
DiversityInc reports: "In today's America, incivility is on prominent display: in the schools, where bullying is pervasive; in the workplace, where an increasing number are more stressed out by coworkers than their jobs; on the roads, where road rage maims and kills; in politics, where strident intolerance takes the place of earnest dialogue; and on the web, where many check their inhibitions at the digital door," says Pier M. Forni, author of "The Civility Solution: What to Do When People are Rude" and director of The Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
http://diversityinc.com/article/8105/The-Culture-of-Bullying-Loss-of-Civility-at-School-Work-Politics/
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Ernst & Young Leader Says Global Diversity Drives Revenue
“Cultures will change, but this can't be an exporting of an American culture, a British culture, or a French culture to anywhere else. This has to be an evolution of a culture on its own. I always say to our people around the world that if we are leading that cultural change within each geography, then we're doing the right thing. If we try to be too far out ahead of it, that's not going to work.” From an interview with Jim Turley, chairman and CEO of Ernst &Young, reported by DiversityInc.
http://diversityinc.com/article/8092/CEO-Chat-EYs-Leader-Tells-How-Global-Diversity-Drives-Revenue/
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A Brief History of Multicultural Education
Paul C. Gorski, Hamline University and EdChange writes: “As conceptualizations of multicultural education evolve and diversify, it is important to revisit its historical foundation -- the roots from which it sprang. What did the earliest forms of multicultural education look like and what social conditions gave rise to them? What educational traditions and philosophies provided the framework for the development of multicultural education? How has multicultural education changed since its earliest conceptualization? The answers to these questions provide an important contextual grounding for understanding the various models of multicultural education evolving today.”
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/edchange_history.html
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“Too Sensual For Promotion?” Fired Employee Claims Harassment, Sues
Former Devereux Foundation employee, Amy-Erin Blakely, is alleging she was fired because she complained she was being harassed when she reportedly was told she was "too sensual" for promotion. Blakely is now suing the company, saying that for the six years she worked there she felt harassed and humiliated. She also said she was reprimanded for filing an initial complaint after she was told that male colleagues were distracted in meetings because of her "large breasts." She said that it was when she complained for a second time that she was fired. Devereux Foundation says the lawsuit is "purposefully inflammatory," and does not "represent the truth about our organization." Read more:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/12/too-sensual-for-promotion-amy-erin-blakely-sues-employer-for-harassment/#ixzz15N4FaMZT
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Even When Minorities Are At Their ‘Best,’ Another Set Of Rules Applies
The idea of Black Faces in White Places isn't just a numbers game. It is "about pursuing greatness in ways that leverage your culture and ethnicity as assets, not as liabilities," the authors say. The conventional wisdom passed down that blacks must work twice as hard as their white counterparts isn't completely off the mark, they say. But these strategies aren't enough. Among the strategies they map out is No. 3: Demonstrate excellence. “This may sound obvious, but the challenge is that American society tells us that we will be rewarded for being our best, but sometimes when we are the best, another set of rules based on nepotism, cronyism, or some arbitrary criteria seems to apply. And the way it plays out can be subtle,” says business scholar Jeffrey Robinson.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/jobcenter/workplace/kay/2010-11-15-black-faces-in-white-places_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
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Managing Diversity: Success With Diversity, Globalization Means Cutting Through Communication Noise
"You're kidding me. I can't graduate unless I take a speech class? But my major is engineering." Sue isn't happy after learning about this added requirement. "It is going to cost me time and money - something I am almost out of since you keep increasing my class requirements and my tuition keeps going up," she complains to her academic advisor.
--"Is this speech class really necessary?" Like Sue, many students are not happy about taking a speech class, especially if they in an "unrelated" field. Besides time and money, fear can be another factor. (Who among us can say they were not scared stiff to give their first public speech?)
--Yet, with increased globalization and diversity, the need to learn as much as possible about communication and cross-cultural communication before taking a first job, and throughout one's professional career, is becoming more and more apparent.
--If Sue's academic counselor is at all communication savvy, she will point out three immediate reasons why a speech class is required for all students: first, communication is critical for functioning in society. Second, oral tradition is a keystone to the democratic process, and third, globalization and expanding information technologies making our world smaller, putting us in contact more and more with people who communicate differently than the members of the dominant U.S. culture. As these three reasons expand due to global economic change, there becomes even more need for people to be better communicators.
http://diversitythoughts.blogspot.com/p/muting-noise-in-cultural-and-cross.html
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Diversity Briefings Newsletter: Nov. 12, 2010

Welcome to Diversity Briefings: 11/12/2010

Volume 1, Issue 17. Published Each Monday - Friday

Today’s New Diversity Topics: Latin American Leaders at G-20 Call For Responsibility From Rich Countries - Court Nixes Bedtime Story For Female Employee - US Airways Promises To Improve Diversity Activities - Ethnic Tensions Cost Banker Her Job, She Claims - Bad Economy Doesn’t Mean Harassment, Discrimination Okay - Millennials Have Little Patience For Bureaucracy; Want To Change The World - Experts: Not Enough Done In Schools About Anti-gay Bullying - DOMA Lawsuits Filed By Gay Civil Rights Groups - Chilean Government Supports Muslim School Girl Use Of ‘Hijab’- Lawmakers Divided Over Whether NBC-Comcast Merger Would Aid Diversity - Uneven Gains For Diversity + Today's Diversity Management Briefing

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Latin American Leaders at G-20 Call For Responsibility From Rich Countries
From MercoPress: Leaders from Brazil, Mexico and Argentina in the framework of the G-20 summit in Korea called on rich countries for a commitment to end the “currencies war” and ensure balanced growth out of the current crisis. “Developed countries must increase their domestic demand, in contrast with US policy which is geared to promote domestic demand in developing countries”, said Lula da Silva in Seoul warning that if rich countries don’t increase consumption instead of promoting exports, “we’re heading for a major global collapse”.
http://en.mercopress.com/2010/11/11/latin-american-leaders-at-g-20-call-for-responsibility-from-rich-countries?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily
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Court Nixes Bedtime Story For Female Employee
From The HR Café Daily Post: A supervisor who lay down on a female subordinate’s hotel bed, unbuttoned his shirt and demanded a “bedtime story” has cost his employer more than $500,000. A federal appeals court upheld a jury award of $250,000 in damages for the woman, and granted her lawyers more than $300,000 in fees. The employee’s lawsuit claimed she was sexually harassed… and fired for complaining. The supervisor admitted at trial that he knew of the dangers of harassment. “I should have been much more careful,” he said. Cite: Manzo v. Sovereign Motor Cars.(Stupid Manager Tricks, Sexual Harassment Edition)
http://rapidlearninginstitute.com/hrcafe/stupid-manager-tricks-sexual-harassment-edition/?utm_source=The+HR+Cafe+Blog&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=504a548f73-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_HRCAFE
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US Airways Promises To Improve Diversity Activities
Diversity News reports: US Airways has pledged to strengthen its diversity initiatives in the workplace after being accused of discriminating against African Americans in a suit brought on by the NAACP. The suit was voluntarily dismissed by the NAACP last Friday after a settlement was reached.
http://diversityjobs.com/news/naccp-dismisses-discrimination-suit-against-us-airways/
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Ethnic Tensions Cost Banker Her Job, She Claims
From New York Daily News: A Trinidadian banker who worked for a Guyanese boss is suing JPMorgan Chase, saying she was fired because of ethnic tensions. Shivana Persad, 26, says she was treated like a second-class citizen at Chase Manhattan's South Richmond Hill, Queens, branch.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/11/12/2010-11-12_trinidadian_claims_bias_in_suit_vs_bank.html#ixzz1565JQA5v
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Bad Economy Doesn’t Mean Harassment, Discrimination Okay
From The Memphis Business Journal: A challenging economic environment does not alter an employer’s legal obligations to create a workplace free of harassment or other discrimination. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is as active at the present time in pursuing harassment charges as it was prior to the economic downturn.
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/print-edition/2010/11/12/economy-does-not-alter-need-for.html
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Millennials Have Little Patience For Bureaucracy; Want To Change The World
From BNET: “Millennials” have ADD and high expectations. When it comes to their jobs, those born in the 90s seem to want to be able to move incredibly quickly and have little patience for bureaucracy. It’s natural for Millennails to want their ideas heard and evaluated fairly; most want to change the world. That’s quite a lot to ask any manager or business owner to keep up them, but isn’t a lot of what they’re saying ultimately fairly sound and logical? What about empowering everyone in your company equally?
http://www.bnet.com/blog/virtual-manager/want-to-feel-old-in-a-hurry-try-managing-millennials/854?tag=drawer-container;load-section-river
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Experts: Not Enough Done In Schools About Anti-gay Bullying
From Hometown News: A recent spate of suicides by gay teens has brought to light that a lack of information and support for gay students in their schools can be a contributing factor in tragic results. Experts say schools must do more - in their bullying policies, sex education curricula and teacher training - to help the growing number of gay teens who are coming out at earlier ages.
--"Growing up as a LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) student is hard enough when it comes to getting your family and your friends to accept you, and then you walk into a classroom and you feel even more isolated if the school is not doing enough to make sure that you have a safe and affirming environment," said Daniel Presgraves, spokesman for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. "Schools have an obligation to make sure that all students, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, have an opportunity to learn."
http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php?id=74920
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DOMA Lawsuits Filed By Gay Civil Rights Groups
From Insurance Making: Gay civil rights groups trying to build momentum for a possible Supreme Court showdown filed two lawsuits Tuesday that seek to strike down portions of a 1996 law that denies married same-sex couples federal benefits.The lawsuits were filed in federal courts in Connecticut and New York and come just months after a federal judge in Boston struck down a key component of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
http://www.insurancemaking.com/politics/41644-doma-lawsuits-filed-gay-civil-rights-groups.html
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Chilean Government Supports Muslim School Girl Use Of ‘Hijab’
From MercoPress: Yasmin Elsayed, a 9-year old girl who was prohibited from wearing a hijab (an Islamic head scarf) at the W. A. Mozart School in the La Reina borough of Chile’s capital Santiago, was allowed to register again for the 2011 school year this week. The school claimed the hijab was not part of the official school uniform. Yasmin’s parents complained that school officials had said their daughter would not be able to enrol for the following school year if she continued to wear the head scarf.
http://en.mercopress.com/2010/11/11/chilean-government-supports-muslim-school-girl-use-of-hijab?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily
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Lawmakers Divided Over Whether NBC-Comcast Merger Would Aid Diversity
From The Hill: Lawmakers are increasingly divided on whether Comcast's proposed acquisition of NBC Universal would help or harm the amount of diversity in the media. The proposed merger has drawn scrutiny from competing media companies and advocacy groups who fear the deal would concentrate too much control over media ownership and distribution in the hands of one firm. Lawmakers, especially those representing districts with significant minority populations, have increasingly found themselves choosing sides in the debate.
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/126051-nbc-comcast-merger-divides-lawmakers-on-diversity-
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Uneven Gains For Diversity
From The New York Times: Last month’s game between Virginia and Eastern Michigan marked a milestone for diversity at college football’s highest level as the first such matchup in which both coaches and athletic directors were African-Americans. A study released Thursday found uneven progress toward more moments like it in the future.The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida reported large gains in the number of minority head coaches at college football’s highest level, but less movement in other leadership positions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/sports/12sportsbriefs-diversity.html
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--My husband and I were having a quick breakfast in an unfamiliar restaurant, waiting for the doors to open at a nearby museum. As I sipped my coffee, I began to realize why I wasn't comfortable. It wasn't just because we were having Sunday breakfast away from home. Very quickly, I had realized every person serving us, from the greeter to wait staff, was young and white. I peeked into the kitchen and confirmed what I was guessing - the invisible people working behind the scenes, performing the lower paying jobs, were Latino, African American and of varying ages. Will this restaurant get my return business? Probably not.
--While Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender and national origin, it seems that a number of companies still don't get it when it comes to discriminatory advertising or other issues like denying an employee the right to use the Family Medical Leave Act or allowing sexual harassment in the workplace.
--Employees understand. In a recent three year period, related employment discrimination lawsuits increased by 77 percent.
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Welcome to Diversity Briefings: 11/10/2010

Today’s New Diversity Topics:

--President appeals for Muslim-Christian tolerance
--Difference Between Men and Women Business Owners?
--December Date Set for 2010 Civil Rights Leader Daisy Bates Summit
--Justice Department Reaches Settlement with University of South Carolina
--Demand For Equal Justice: White Farmers Still Ahead, Says Color of Change Advocate
--The Worse Mistake Supervisors Can Make
--President Obama honors Indonesia as an example of diversity, democracy
--“Defense of Marriage” Lawsuits in US,
--Another Bullied 14-year-old commits suicide,
--New York, Chicago Accused of Title IX Sports Discrimination
--Still More on Managing Diversity: People From Diverse Communities and Mental Health Services

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Barack Obama in Indonesia appeals for Muslim-Christian tolerance

The President today, speaking at the University of Indonesia in Jakart, talked of the tolerance Indonesians had shown him (the foreign child brought up in their midst), and the tolerance needed today to eradicate the mistrust that had built up over the years between Muslims and Christians. This was the second major speech of his presidency reaching out to the Muslim world. The first was in Cairo last year. More from The Guardian --

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/10/barack-obama-indonesia-religious-tolerance

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What's the Difference Between Men and Women Business Owners?

Popular Bag Lady Linda Hollander has been watching The Apprentice as Donald Trump divides the teams into men and women to see their different motivations and leadership styles. She reports the gap between men and women seems to be closing and shares some style differences between the two. Both genders mention the same motivations according a recent study by the Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship. For example, both “had an equally strong passion to build wealth.” Hollander’s comments are interesting – Read more--

http://wealthybaglady.typepad.com/blog/

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December Date Set for 2010 Daisy Bates Summit

The NAACP 2010 Daisy Bates Summit will be held Thursday, December 2—Saturday December 4, 2010. The late civil rights advocate Daisy Bates was president of the Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP and advisor in 1957 to the Little Rock Nine, the students who braved hostile opponents of integration to Central High School. Despite mob threats and intimidation, cross burnings on her property, and other acts of attempted violence, Mrs. Bates persisted because of her strong beliefs.

For her work guiding the Nine through one of the most tumultuous civil rights crises of the 1950s, she was selected as 1957 Woman of the Year in Education by the Associated Press, and was the only woman invited to speak at the Lincoln Memorial ceremony in Martin Luther King’s March on Washington in 1963. But her importance as a historical figure has been overlooked by scholars of the civil rights movement. December’s Summit will convene grassroots organizers from across the country to focus on moving the NAACP’s education agenda forward with a combination of traditional and innovative education organizing techniques conducted in concert with local allies. Continued --

http://www.naacp.org/news/entry/daisy-bates-summit-2010/

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Justice Department Reaches Settlement with University of South Carolina to Ensure Students Are Free from Harassment

University of South Carolina has agreed to improve its policies and practices for receiving, investigating and resolving complaints of discrimination and harassment. The settlement agreement will ensure that students, faculty and administrators understand and are trained on their responsibilities under the university’s policies, including when and how to report incidents of harassment or discrimination, and will require the university to respond to such complaints in a timely and effective manner. In order to ensure ongoing compliance with its revised policies, the university also will train select administrators, faculty and students to lead future trainings on campus. The settlement provides that the university will adopt revised anti-discrimination and harassment policies before the start of the 2011-12 school year and will initiate training during the spring 2012 semester. Read on --

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/November/10-crt-1276.html

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Demand For Equal Justice: Farmers Still Can’t Get Their Settlement; White Farmers Still Ahead, Says Color of Change Advocate

From James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org: For more than a generation, managers at the United States Department of Agriculture systematically turned down Black farmers' applications for loans and other critical forms of aid. These loans are the lifeblood of farming, and without them many Black-owned farms were foreclosed on — and resold to White farmers. This insidious discrimination enabled some White farmers to prosper and grow at the expense of generations of Black families who sought to make a living off the land. At the same time, it devastated the Black farming community. While 14% of all farmers were Black at the turn of the last century,3 by 2002 only 1.4% were Black.

Black farmers eventually filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government, winning a landmark legal settlement in 1999. At the time, the USDA paid only a portion of the farmers with legitimate claims, so a second settlement was announced — but Congress never approved funding to pay the remaining farmers. This story and Rucker’s demand for equal justice continues --

http://www.colorofchange.org/pigford/?akid=1691.242831.GEK8QT&id=2413-900765&rd=1&t=3

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Handling Employee Complaints: The Worse Mistake Supervisors Can Make

Here’s a tip from the HR Cafe on the WORST mistake a supervisor can make: When employees make complaints, listen. Take good notes. Ask questions and get all the facts. But don’t judge. It's a bad idea in general to make assumptions about what employees did or didn't do. But if an employee comes to you with a complaint, those assumptions become even more dangerous. Read on to learn more about the worst mistake supervisors can make in dealing with employee complaints.

http://rapidlearninginstitute.com/hrcafe/employee-complaints-worst-mistake-supervisor-can-make/?utm_source=The+HR+Cafe+Blog&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=02e19878a2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_HRCAFE

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President Obama honors Indonesia as an example of diversity, democracy

President Obama honored Indonesia, as an example of how this country embraced diversity and democracy. The president said that innocent individuals all over the world were still under attack by militants but underlined that the United States was not at battle with the Islam. According to analysts, it is the president’s greatest effort to connect with Islamic world since he talked to Cairo in 2009.

http://whatisthetrend.net/president-obama-honors-indonesia-as-an-example-of-diversity-democracy-20104618.html

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Europe’s Largest Gay News Service Follows “Defense of Marriage” Lawsuits in US

Pink News reports: “Two lawsuits have been filed against the US Defence of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition of gay marriage.They were filed in Connecticut and New York by gay rights groups, who argue that the 1996 law, known as DOMA, violates the US constitution.Connecticut’s lawsuit was filed by the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders on behalf of gay couples in Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire.” Follow this report –

http://gay.pinknews.co.uk/2010/11/10/two-lawsuits-filed-against-us-defence-of-marriage-act/

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Still Another Bullied 14-Year-Old Commits Suicide

From the New Civil Rights Movement Blog: Fourteen-year old Pennsylvania high school freshman Brandon Bitner wrote a suicide note, left home around 2:00 AM Friday morning, walked thirteen miles, then, threw himself into highway traffic, killing himself. A friend says, “It was because of bullying. It was not about race, or gender, but they bullied him for his sexual preferences and the way he dressed. Which they wrongly accused him of.” Here is more --

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/bullied-14-year-old-called-gay-girly-fag-commits-suicide/news/2010/11/08/14890

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New York, Chicago Accused of Title IX Sports Discrimination in High School

Bloomberg reports: New York, Chicago and 10 other U.S. school districts failed to provide high school girls with opportunities to play sports in violation of federal law, the National Women’s Law Center said. The school systems, which also include Houston, violated Title IX by denying girls the same access to sports as boys, the organization said in a statement today. The group filed administrative complaints that are based on the schools’ data and show “pervasive and growing inequalities,” said Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the center.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-10/new-york-chicago-among-school-districts-accused-of-title-ix-sports-breach.html
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People From Diverse Communities May Be Fearful To Seek Mental Health Services

Maria recently confided to her doctor that she was having a hard time at work because of her depression. He immediately referred Maria to a psychologist and she was able to start getting some benefit from therapy, combined with medicine from her physician.

Because Maria knows her problem didn't arise overnight, she recognizes it will not go away in a week or two. Even with medicine and therapy, her treatment will probably take at least a month before any significant results occur, her therapist says.

While Maria wants to talk to her boss about this matter, particularly since she is having some trouble adjusting to her medications, she is afraid of her boss's reaction.

"Lots of people really don't understand mental illness very well, so you had better keep this to yourself," Maria's mother advises.

By Susan Klopfer -- Read On ...

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Welcome to Diversity Briefings: 11/04/2010

Volume 1, Issue 11

Group Klopfer Diversity Consulting

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Today’s New Diversity Topics:  New UK diversity school, Air Force Academy assigns diversity role, Why feminism must transform, Editor says books need more diversity, NLRB defends facebook post, How controlling "the seeds" reduces poverty, Keeping others from driving you mad, Diversity leadership tips
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British Workplace diversity group wins right to start School

A UK BUSINESS organisation specializing in bringing diversity to the region's workforces has been given approval to set up a new "free school". Continued --

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/schools/Workplace-diversity-group-wins-right.6610653.jp

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Air Force Academy (AFA) Faces Diversity Issues; Brings in Expert

The U.S. Air Force Academy's new diversity officer is ready to set up shop. Adis Anative of Cuba who speaks four languages fills the first academy post dedicated to promoting diversity.Vila  has a law degree and arrives later this month. Continued --

http://www.csindy.com/colorado/hot-button-issues/Content?oid=1900809

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Union College Presents Presidential Forum on Diversity

Daughter of author Alice Walker preaches "Third Wave" feminism -- author, journalist, and feminist Rebecca Walker explains "Why Feminism as We Know it Must Transform." Walker, who is both biracial and Jewish, is noted as one of the founders of a branch of feminism which intends to make room for all people. Continued --

http://media.www.concordy.com/media/storage/paper858/news/2010/11/04/News/Author.Speaks.About.the.End.Of.Feminism-3953708.shtml

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Books Need More Diversity, Harry Potter Editor Says

Cheryl Klein, continuity editor for the last three Harry Potter books and senior editor of Scholastic, talks on the importance of establishing diversity in a lecture entitled "Black and White and Read All Over: Diversity and Inequity in Children's Publishing." Lecturing a Kansas group, Klein gives insight to an industry that it is not very diverse in terms of race. Click here to continue --

http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/editor-books-need-more-diversity-1.2394168

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NLRB Sues Company for Firing Worker Over Facebook Post

A worker who was allegedly fired for posting negative comments about her supervisor on her personal Facebook page now has the support of the National Labor Relations Board, which announced yesterday that it filed a complaint against the company. Click here to continue --

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2010/11/nlrb-sues-company-for-firing-worker-over-facebook-post.html

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Who Controls the Seeds? Key to Poverty Reduction and Crop Genetic Diversity

In many developing countries the right of farmers to use and exchange farm-saved seed is a form of life insurance. Ensuring that farmers have this right is an important means of alleviating poverty and is crucial to maintaining crop genetic diversity throughout the world. To continue click here --

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/237/884/Who_Controls_The_Seeds_Biodiversity_And_Poverty_Reduction.html

Still More Diversity Notes

Help For Dealing With People Who Drive You Mad

From an old Buddhist parable comes the beginning of understanding of co-workers who make us nuts: A young farmer was paddling his boat up the river to deliver his produce to the village. He was in a hurry. It was a hot day and the farmer, covered with sweat, wanted to make his delivery and get home before dark. Looking ahead, he spied another vessel moving rapidly downstream toward his boat. The vessel seemed to be trying desperately to hit him.

“Change direction, you idiot!” he yelled at the other boat. “You’re going to hit me!” But his cries were to no avail. Although the farmer rowed furiously to get out of the way, the other boat hit him with a sudden thud. Enraged, he stood up and shouted, “You moron! How could you manage to hit my boat in the middle of this wide river? What’s wrong with you?”

As he strained to see the pilot of the other vessel, he was surprised to realize that it was empty. He was screaming at an empty boat that had broken free of its moorings and was just floating downstream with the current.

The next time you get angry and get ready to blow up because of someone else, just remember: there is never anyone in the other boat. When we are screaming, we are always screaming at an empty vessel. To learn more continue here --

http://www.bnet.com/blog/marshall-goldsmith/how-to-deal-with-a-coworker-who-drives-you-nuts/181?tag=drawer-container;load-section-river

Diversity Management Tip of the Day

Three diversity leadership tips: 1) Know your cultural identity and understand what that identity brings to your communication; 2) Ask others about yourself and listen to their answers; 3) Examine your grading of values. Learn more about these tips, where they come from, and why they seem to work at
"What Makes An Effectice Leader?" by Susan Klopfer, continued here --

http://www.scribd.com/doc/39448938/What-Makes-an-Effective-Leader

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Welcome to Diversity Briefings: 11/03/2010

Volume 1, Issue 10

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Today’s New Diversity Topics: Wage discrimination Act Exclusive, Gen-X in the Workplace, Africa's Bushmen Surprise Science, India Shows Off Diversity, UK TV Lacks Diversity, HIV Diversity Award, California School Boards Lack Latino Members, Mental Health Issues and Diversity: Stigma Gets in the Way

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Third Circuit Rules Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Inapplicable to Failure-to-Promote Claims

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has narrowed the reach of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (“FPA”), determining the protections afforded by the FPA are exclusive to wage discrimination claims and do not cover failure-to-promote claims against employers.

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http://www.jacksonlewis.com/resources.php?NewsID=3450

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Gen X in the workplace: Stuck in the middle?

The generational debate: youngsters want the ol' fogeys out of the way, while the boomers want to keep on working, taking offense at the mention of yielding to their children...Given that baby boomers tend to play things a little closer to the vest, are Gen-Xers best positioned to bridge both worlds?

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http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/leadership_playlist/2010/11/gen-x-in-the-workplace-stuck-in-the-middle.html

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Genetic researchers find a broad slice of humanity in one corner of Africa

Africa's Bushmen, also known as San or Khoisan, are among the most genetically diverse people in the world. Two Bushmen who live within walking distance of each other might have more genetic differences between them than a European and an Asian, says Stephan Schuster, a geneticist at Pennsylvania State University.

Continued --

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/56419/title/Decoding_diversity_in_Bushmen

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India Looks to Showcase Diversity When President Obama Arrives

WSJ: The President will be visiting the Taj Mahal Hotel as well as the former home of Mahatma Gandhi in Mumbai, what would you like him to learn about India while he is in your city?

Milind Deora: I hope he can try to get a sense of its diversity and contribution to shaping India’s political opinions not just today but also back in the day. Its diversity is in some ways what India is really about...

Click here to continue --

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2010/11/03/mumbai-mp-wants-to-show-obama-city%E2%80%99s-diversity/

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ITV schedules have a “remarkable lack of diversity”, chief executive admits

ITV chief executive Adam Crozier, addressing the House of Lords communication committee, said there was a “remarkable lack of diversity” in ITV1’s schedule compared with ten years ago, and warned that Contract Rights Renewal, a mechanism which restricts how the broadcaster sells advertising airtime, had led it to “chase higher rating programmes”, such as soaps.

Click here to continue --

http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/30153/itv-schedules-have-a-remarkable-lack-of

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Trans woman receives HIV award at diversity conference

JoAnne Keatley receives an award given by Kaiser Permanente honoring her work with California’s HIV patients at the 33rd annual Diversity Conference.

To continue click here --

http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=112293

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Low diversity stifles California's education boards

While Latinos comprise nearly half of students in grades K-12, only 15 percent of school board members in California are Latino according to a report by the Cesar Chavez Institute, the community and action research center of SF State's college of ethnic studies.

Titled "Examining Latino Representation on California's School Boards," researchers found that while all board members are committed to improving schools, Latino board members were more likely than white members to focus on improving the academic achievement of African American and Latino students.

To learn more continue here --

http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/015690.html


Diversity Management Tip of the Day

People From Diverse Communities Too Often Fearful of Seeking Mental Health Treatment


Maria recently confided to her doctor that she was having a hard time at work because of her depression. He immediately referred Maria to a psychologist and she was able to start getting some benefit from therapy, combined with medicine from her physician.

Because Maria knows her problem didn't arise overnight, she recognizes it will not go away in a week or two. Even with medicine and therapy, her treatment will probably take at least a month before any significant results occur, her therapist says.

While Maria wants to talk to her boss about this matter, particularly since she is having some trouble adjusting to her medications, she is afraid of her boss's reaction.

"Lots of people really don't understand mental illness very well, so you had better keep this to yourself," Maria's mother advises.

Susan's article on Diversity continues here -- http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Susan-Klopfer-7986/diversity-127391.php

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