It begs the question of whether some companies believe that having a diversity, equity and inclusion position, and having a Black person fill it, addresses the DEI issue in its entirety.
I always wanted to build roller coasters when I grew up. I went on Google and asked ‘Who designs roller coasters?’, and it said ‘An engineer.’
A person can have Black friends, live in a diverse city, go to lunch with their Black co-workers, be hugged on stage by a Black woman, and still harbor racist views, whether they know it or not.
Benefit Gospel Explosion on April 13, 2018 at Reeder Memorial Baptist Church (3725 Beatties Ford Rd) in support of My Brother's Keeper Scholarship Endowment.
I certainly see how Black men can get caught up in the cycle. Of course there are several Black men who are doing what they need to do, who are in the right positions, and who are really pushing us forward. But then again I do recognize that there are a lot of African-American males who maybe aren’t doing as much. Maybe they feel as they though they can’t.