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Mel Martinez and the Last Nail in the Republican Diversity Coffin

John Ridley | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Baggers, Sotomayor Confirmation, Mel Martinez, Sonia Sotomayor, Senator Mel Martinez, Mel Martinez Retiring, Hispanic Voters, Hispanics, Republican Party, Diversity, White Voters, Republicans, Politics News
John Ridley

Martínez's move can been seen as another accomplished person of color flipping a metaphorical middle finger at all the Republicans have devolved into: The party of the "angry white voter."

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Sotomayor and Our Changing Demography

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, GOP Race, Sotomayor Confirmation, Sonia Sotomayor, Hispanic Voters, Gop, Hispanics, Diversity, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

Lack of diversity and a long history of racial intolerance has taken its toll on the Republican brand with the fastest growing non-white part of the population: Hispanics.

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California GOP Now 79% White As State Gets More Diverse: Poll

AP | TOM VERDIN | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Field Poll, Alifornia Republican Party, California Republicans, Diversity, Republicans, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Republican Party has failed to keep pace with the state's evolving demographics over the past 30 years, sign...

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Why Women of Color Can't Pull a Sarah Palin

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Law, Women, Disparities, Business, Palin, Diversity, Donny Deutsch, Sarah Palin, Deutsch, Business News
Natalie Holder-Winfield

What if white women are given preferences and breaks -- where women of color are not -- because white men are attracted to them?

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Diversity is the Key to Profitability

Chloe Drew | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Job Losses, Business Management, Economic Crisis, Women in Business, Post-Racial, Diversity, Workplace Diversity, Business News
Chloe Drew

Is it fair or even appropriate to demand that business leaders focus on diversity rather than solely profitability? Yes -- in fact, you cannot divorce the two.

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Workplace Diversity: What Happens When White Men Don't Want It

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Preference, Race, Business, Workplace, Identity Politics, Bias, Diversity, Racial Preferences, Business News
Natalie Holder-Winfield

Until senior-level white men take a stake in the success of their employees of color, their organizations' retention and promotion efforts will fail.

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Sotomayor and the Fundamentals of Diversity and Affirmative Action

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Justice Powell, Empathy, Perspective, Quota System, Justice Lewis Powell, Affirmative Action, America, Conservative, Image of God, Brian McLaren, Story of Creation, Justice, Constitution, Affirmative Action Policies, Hispanic, God, Tower of Babel, Confirmation Hearing, David Brooks, Hispanic Woman, Diversity, Race, Racism, Jonathan Sacks, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Segregation, Regents of the University of California v Bakke, New York Times, Inequality, Creation, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Jim Wallis

In the story of creation in Genesis we see that the image of God is best reflected not through sameness, but through the breadth that exists within the grand diversity of creation.

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Umpires, Perspective, and the Supreme Court

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Strike, Prejudices, Judicial Philosophy, Perspective, Judge Sotomayor, Prejudice, Confirmation Hearing, Limited Vision, Baseball, Diversity, Senator Jeff Sessions, Application, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Roberts, Umpire, Little League Baseball, Little League, Justice, Chief Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The claim that any human is able to remain unaffected by their background or have a purely objective view of any case is to claim a quality that belongs only to God: omniscience.

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Senator, Would You Be Ok With an All White Court? Really?

David Weinberger | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Wise Latina Woman, Scotus, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Wise Latina, Diversity, Politics News
David Weinberger

If all else were equal, would you prefer to have a Court made up of nine white men from similar backgrounds, or a Court that includes men and women of various hues and from a variety of backgrounds?

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Advancing Women into Financial Leadership Boosts Bottom Line

Linda Basch | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Women, Women in Business, Critical Mass, Women in Finance, Diversity, Business News
Linda Basch

There's a foolproof way to shift away from high-stakes gambling in the financial sector that makes perfect economic sense: hire more women.

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Change (And Action) They Still Believe In

Alexander Heffner | Posted 07.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Youth Vote, Young People, Diversity, Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Obama Youth, Politics News
Alexander Heffner

Seven months after Obama's election, more than 80% of Democrats and a majority of independent voters agree that their votes for change translated into tangible action.

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Sonia Sotomayor -- The Wise Latina

Aaron Harber | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Diversity, Supreme Court Justices, Public Television, Aaron Harber, Princeton University, Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Aaron Harber

It is fascinating to watch the fracturing of the Republican Party as some leaders attack Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a "racist" while others try to focus on her judicial record.

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When the Exception Proves the Rule

Leah Hunt-Hendrix | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Obstacles, Fairness, Diversity, Inequality, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Leah Hunt-Hendrix

Let's remember that we wouldn't consider their success a big deal if they weren't exceptional. These exceptions prove the rule. Which means there is a lot more work to be done.

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Diversity, Perspective and the Supreme Court

Michael J. O'Neil | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Sotomayor Racism, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Diversity, Sotomayor Diversity, Politics News
Michael J. O'Neil

Neither race, gender, should be determinative in any legal judgment. But to assert that one's life experiences do not play a role in how facts are assessed is to ignore reality.

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To Rooney or Not to Rooney

Myles Brand | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rooney Rule, Diversity, College-Football, Politics News
Myles Brand

In 30 years, a grand total of 27 African-Americans have been head coaches in the highest college football subdivision if you don't count historically black schools. The lack of progress in minority hiring is a disgrace.

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The Difference That Difference Makes

Marie Wilson | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Politics News, Women, Diversity, Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Politics News
Marie Wilson

When we think of the increasingly complex decisions this Supreme Court will tackle, do we not want the most varied group possible lending their diversity of thought and perspective?

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The Fight Over Sonia Sotomayor: Why Were So Few Hispanics on TV Debating the First Hispanic Supreme Court Nominee?

Eric Deggans | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, Abc, Cnn, Tom Tancredo, This Week, Supreme Court, Hispanics, Media, Prejudice, Rush Limbaugh, Race, Diversity, Sonia Sotomayor, Political Tv, Politics News
Eric Deggans

What irks me most about the media circus around Sotomayor's nomination is that white politicians and pundits pretend their race and culture have no impact on their sensibilities.

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Susan Boyle Placed Rather Than Won: Hollie Steel Cried Her Way into the Finals

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Impossible Dream, Simon Cowell, Reality TV, I Dreamed a Dream, Britain's Got Talent, Russnow, Jamie Pugh, Cats, 2 Grand, Twitter, Queen Elizabeth, Les Miserables, Callum Francis, Amanda Holden, Diversity, Susan Boyle, Sallie Lax, Michael Russnow, Kieran Gaffney, Aiden Davis, Ain't No Sunshine, Natalie Okry, Memory, Greg Pritchard, Shaun Smith, American Idol, Ant and Dec, Hollie Steel, Shaheen Jafargholi, Flawless, Cnn, Cbs, Larry King, Google, Abc, Nbc, You Tube, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah, Yahoo!, Today Show, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

it seems to me Susan's negative press in the tabloids and CNN, plus tweets on Twitter may have worked against her.

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Sexism & the Supreme Court Nominee

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brennan Center, Supreme Court, David Souter, Diversity, Sexism, Sonia Sotomayor, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Politics News
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Even before the nominee was announced, there were already hints of bias against female candidates. Gender stereotypes appear to animate these critiques.

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The Supreme Court, Empathy, and the Science of Decision Making

Kent Greenfield | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, Empathy, Decision-Making, Behavioral Economics, David Souter Replacement, David Souter, Death Penalty, Diversity, Politics News
Kent Greenfield

In such a homogeneous group as our Supreme Court, a Justice's intellectual ability to appreciate the situation of someone from a different background or in a different situation is essential.

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How the Enron Disaster Could Have Been Avoided

Ryan Mack | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Enron, Investments, Asset-Allocation, Stocks, Asset Allocation, Stock Market, Diversity, Retirement, Business News
Ryan Mack

Employees are now burdened with the responsibility of planning for their own retirement since defined contribution plans became the norm.

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Hey, President and Mrs. Obama, How About the Hamptons?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Michelle Obama, Susan Taylor, Martha Stewart, Star Jones, Obama's Summer Vacation, Obama Family Dog, Barack Obama, The Hamptons, Sean Combs, Barbara Walters, Tiger Woods, David Margolick, Evidence Dance Company, Obama Family, Kenneth Chenault, Reginald Van Lee, Diversity, Russel Simmonds, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

As recently as a few decades ago, the Hamptons were still saddled with a reputation for snobbish exclusivity.

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Diversity and Excellence in Higher Education: not Alternatives but Additives

Michèle Lamont | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Education, Books, Grants, Social Science, Higher Education, Race, Diversity, Politics News
Michèle Lamont

Winners cannot all come from a few select institutions in the Northeast -- this would undermine beliefs in the legitimacy of the system as a whole, from a meritocratic and democratic standpoint.

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The Racial Mis-education of America's Youth

John Ridley | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Racism, Education, Public Education, Race, Segregation, Diversity, Politics News
John Ridley

Forty-one years on from the Kerner Commission's "two societies" declaration, we are traveling from "separate and unequal" to equal but separated.

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White-Collar Blues: A Continuing Lack of Diversity

Daniel Cubias | Posted 04.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Latinos, Dilbert, White-Collar Employment, Hispanics, Diversity, Living News
Daniel Cubias

"Are you Hispanic?" they'll ask in perplexity. And when I confirm it, they'll frown or shrug or cluck their tongues with the peevishness of the mildly deceived. They appear to want to follow up with "And when were you going to tell me this?"

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