With their massive resources, corporations could be champions of racial equity but often waiver

But the current backlash against anything that could be perceived as a diversity, equity or inclusion program is making it more difficult to measure corporate commitments, even if companies are dedicating more resources toward them, she said.

Instead of diversity-washing which is all show corporations have to end the HR practices of favoring dead weight legacy hire generational capital rich to top salaried positions.

It is harder to do than tokenism though.

In answer to the question in the headline, because "racial equity" is a very bad idea, leading to even greater levels of inequality and deeper social divisions. Just stick to equality. Treat everyone fairly and be color-blind in everything you do.

the $10 million theft of donations by the black lives matter leader and $33 million of financial mismanagement might have played a role in companies reducing pledges to private organizations.

i fully agree that a culture of police misconduct has been normalized and covered up for too long. imagine how much worse it would be without body cameras. bad actors who should have never been in police work are protected by the thin blue line, which is no better than a gang name.

Peter Neil, BLM has nothing to do with racial equity, when Harris is President have control the level of Justice, corporation will be singing a different tune, because she knows how to play ball with the corporation

Instead of diversity-washing which is all show corporations have to end the HR practices of favoring dead weight legacy hire generational capital rich to top salaried positions. 

It is harder to do than tokenism though

Not sure what that has to do with these organizations being nothing more than DEI and equity shakedown entities.

I hope Harris put some hardline civil rights lawyer to head the Department of Justice,an mead out Justice to those who hellbent on defying the right of others

Not sure what that has to do with these organizations being nothing more than DEI and equity shakedown entities.

The shakedown is when the usual nepotism, legacy hiring happens and oppresses the actual competent staff doing all the work of keeping the company afloat but seeing a very small share of the gains.

that’s a pretty broad brush to paint whatever it is you’re trying to paint.

The shakedown is when the usual nepotism, legacy hiring happens

Like with BLM, go on....

and oppresses the actual competent staff doing all the work of keeping the company afloat but seeing a very small share of the gains.

So what good has BLM done, and what have they contributed to society? How has the organization improved the Black Community? What stats do you have?

bass4funkToday 08:43 am JST

So what good has BLM done, and what have they contributed to society? How has the organization improved the Black Community? What stats do you have?

They've raised the issue that shooting unarmed people and kneeling on their necks will result in murder charges.

They've raised the issue that shooting unarmed people and kneeling on their necks will result in murder charges.

That is not what I asked! How have Blacks benefitted overall from this organization BLM. Nationally?

bass4funkToday 08:55 am JST

They've raised the issue that shooting unarmed people and kneeling on their necks will result in murder charges.

That is not what I asked! How have Blacks benefitted overall from this organization BLM. Nationally?

Well they have less to fear about being killed by the police.

How about just choosing the best person for the job on based on ability not skin color or ethnicity?

No quotas, no percentages. No charity promotions.

JeffLeeToday  07:01 am JST

In answer to the question in the headline, because "racial equity" is a very bad idea, leading to even greater levels of inequality and deeper social divisions. Just stick to equality. Treat everyone fairly and be color-blind in everything you do.

You and some others seem to be conflating 'racial equity' with 'racial equality'. They are not the same thing.

Equality means treating everyone the same, regardless of their circumstances, while equity means acknowledging and addressing disparities to ensure fairness.

So the reason they are focusing 'racial equity' is because there is not 'racial equality' right now.

In other words, there is no racial equality right now and people are not being treated fairly which is what you and we all agree is what we want.

i would say the greatest inequality in america is not racial, but an unequal justice system for the wealthy, white collar criminal compare to less wealthy.

robbing a convenience store for $50 will get someone prison time. robbing bank customers or investors of a few hundred thousand will get you probation, if that.

it’s rational economics for all sizes of companies to hire the most qualified people, regardless of race. i think most companies operate that way.

there’s more discrimination toward qualified asian students into universities now. to make room for other races?

merit creates equality, not racial targets and quotas.

Mr Kipling first of all black people do not see themselves as victims, lots of White people that see themselves victims,yes they are victims of MAGA, Black people have had fear of White people since the 60s but lots of White people fear the legal punishment that will be meaded on them in the next Justice Department in the US

Consumer giant Johnson & Johnson said by the end of 2023 it had spent $80 million out of a pledged $100 million to “community-led organizations and programs” to improve racial health inequities but did not specify what organizations.

The problem is most of these big corps use charity to hijack social change and as tax dodges.

Putting a BLM or rainbow sticker on their Xitter page means nothing.

https://ssir.org/books/reviews/entry/are_the_elite_hijacking_social_change

As Michelle Obama pointed out in her recent speech, some are still allowed to fail forward unimpeded by the consequences the majority face.

I think the headline means to say "waver", i.e. not be steady, rather than "waiver", which is a noun indicating the voluntary relinquishment of a right or a privilege.

The problem is most of these big corps use charity to hijack social change and as tax dodges.

Putting a BLM or rainbow sticker on their Xitter page means nothing. 

You still didn’t answer my previous question.

As Michelle Obama pointed out in her recent speech, some are still allowed to fail forward unimpeded by the consequences the majority face.

As usual, you give a long banter and soliloquy of inconsequential things, just please focus and answer my question, I’m not a difficult man.

Mr Kipling first of all black people do not see themselves as victims,

Then why do so many claim victimhood?

lots of White people that see themselves victims,yes they are victims of MAGA, Black people have had fear of White people since the 60s but lots of White people fear the legal punishment that will be meaded on them in the next Justice Department in the US

Are you serious, whites helped to elect the first black president and now many liberal whites are trying to do that again. Blacks are far, far from being anything close to a victim.

“With their massive resources, corporations could be champions of racial equity but often waiver.”

That statement by itself proves what is wrong with the world today. Corporations should focus on fulfilling their customer needs while maximizing their shareholders equity. Turning them to social justice champions is not working but creating further divisions. look no further than the current corporate media

Mr Kipling first of all black people do not see themselves as victims,

Sure they do or at least they should, victims of slavery, Jim Crow, lynchings, discrimination... They were victims.

That should be WERE victims. Time to stop crying about the past. Black crime rates, broken home rates and school dropout rates ever increasing are TODAY's problems. Do you want legislation forcing blacks to stay married and stay in school?

How about just choosing the best person for the job on based on ability not skin color or ethnicity?

No quotas, no percentages. No charity promotions.

Well if this happens, high majority hired via DEI, affirmative action will not be hired, It is as simple as that..

robbing a convenience store for $50 will get someone prison time...

Nope.. it will not.. not in the blue states anyway, now it has reached a level where such crimes are normalized i.e. these as no longer considered as crimes...

https://www.hoover.org/research/why-shoplifting-now-de-facto-legal-california

The Missouri nonprofit was founded in 2015 to enact the societal changes outlined in the Ferguson Commission report to address the issues that contributed to the police shooting death of Michael Brown Jr. and the riots that followed in Ferguson, Missouri.

The woke left only knows violence when they can't get their own way.

Poor lost Americans who act out of emotion driven needs rather than rationalism.

TaiwanIsNotChina 08:51 am JST

They've raised the issue that shooting unarmed people and kneeling on their necks will result in murder charges.

It is just too bad that BLM unhelpfully framed the discussion of police brutality in specifically racial terms as benefits their divisive marxist training then attacked those who said "all lives matter" and would have otherwise stood with them on the issue of police brutality as racists.

Better than being "champions of racial equity," corporation would do better being "champions of racial equality," remembering that it is a capitalist system that has allowed them to flourish, not a socialist or communist one.

Say his name: Tony Timpa!

https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2023-09-27/tony-timpa-verdict-wrongful-death-lawsuit

If one wants success as defined by having a high income, observe folks who fall into that category and emulate their habits and ways.

Asian Americans are at the top of income earners, earning more than $20,000 more a year than white Americans.

Black Americans from West Africa earn more than the national average while Americans from East Africa, Ethiopia, earn well below the average. Amish, who are white, are at the bottom along with Appalachian Americans who are also white are dead last in income.

Some whites earn a lot, some are mired in poverty, some Blacks earn a lot, some are mired in poverty; the differences are based on culture, not race.

The message is crystal clear, if parents want their children to have an equal opportunity to earn high salaries change your culture; 2-parent households and stress showing up on time and getting an education.

jeffyAug. 25 09:30 pm JST

TaiwanIsNotChina 08:51 am JST

They've raised the issue that shooting unarmed people and kneeling on their necks will result in murder charges.

It is just too bad that BLM unhelpfully framed the discussion of police brutality in specifically racial terms as benefits their divisive marxist training then attacked those who said "all lives matter" and would have otherwise stood with them on the issue of police brutality as racists.

I'm not aware of Marx being anti-White or something. Were the "all lives matter" people carrying AR-15s?

Forward Through Ferguson has made its mark on its community and the St. Louis region by focusing on justice and education, racial equity and policing reform.

sure, you can put money toward education - a noble effort.

the elephant in the room regarding justice and racial equity remains the high crime rate of blacks. over 50% of murders in the u.s. are committed by blacks, plus over 60% of robberies and burglaries.

approximately 90% of black murder victims were killed by blacks.

those statistics are inconvenient, but rarely discussed. there is no racial discrimination in statistics. if you want to focus on something tangible to improve lives in the black community, i think you start by saving them.

Corporations are nothing but champions of themselves. Never forget this.

TaiwanIsNotChinaToday 03:30 am JST

I'm not aware of Marx being anti-White or something.

Assuming that you are not intentionally being obtuse, perhaps you may not be aware that Marxism has continued to develop beyond its original articulation. To cite the most authoritative source on the planet :-)

“Marxism has developed over time into various branches and schools of thought, and as a result, there is no single, definitive Marxist theory. Marxism has had a profound effect in shaping the modern world, with various left-wing and far-left political movements taking inspiration from it in varying local contexts.”

—https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism

Thus what is important is not whether Marx himself was “anti-White or something,” but whether BLM can be considered a Marxist ideology. And to answer this I can think of no better person to cite than Patrisse Cullors, one of the founders of BLM, who said,

“We actually do have an ideological frame, myself and Alicia [Garza] in particular are trained organizers. We are trained Marxists. We are super versed on sort of ideological theories.”

And elsewhere,

“Am I a Marxist? I’m a lot of things. I do believe in Marxism. It’s a philosophy that I learned really early on in my organizing career.”

—https://youtu.be/I7TOTR81sqA

Thus the founders of BLM are self admitted Marxists. Period.

But it is interesting to note Cullors’ statement “I’m a lot of things.” This allows for some complexity in her ideology. As I consider how this might manifest itself, I begin with a statement from Mary Romero’s book Short Introductions: Introducing Intersectionality:

From its inception, the BLM Movement embraced intersectionality… However, the initial attention overemphasized Black men as victims of police violence, and the deaths of women and transgender people of color were invisible. This was not intentional, as the founders of the movement, Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors, identify as Black queer women. As they engaged in public discourse and social media, clarifications appeared. The hashtag #SayHerName was a rallying point around the police shootings and killing of Black women. Soon BLM’s mission statement on the website stated that BLM “affirms the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, Black-undocumented folks, folks with records, women and Black lives along the gender spectrum” (http://blacklivesmatter.com/herstory).

—Mary Romero, Short Introductions: Introducing Intersectionality (Medford, MA: Polity Press, 2018).

Now without going into detail, BLM’s embrace of intersectionality would appear to be somewhat at variance with the group’s self admitted Marxist position. Yet such a view only obtains from strict definitions that ignore historical currents. As it so happens, “women-of-color feminists” have for sometime supplemented Marxist thought with intersectionality. Thus, after citing the Combahee River Collective Statement, a statement she calls “one of the fundamental framing texts of intersectionality,” Ashley J. Bohrer states concerning the Black feminist lesbian socialist organization that produced it,

The Combahee River Collective locate themselves squarely within the tradition of Marx and Marxism and consider his diagnosis of capitalism to be fundamental. Their call to extend Marx’s analysis beyond its original scope is precisely the project that all Marxism since the nineteenth century has taken up****. To be a Marxist is precisely to engage in this kind of analysis, of ‘stretching’ Marx’s analysis, to borrow an expression from the anti-colonial thinker Frantz Fanon, to account for the material relations of domination better than could be expected of any one thinker. Though the Combahee River Collective recognise limitations to Marx’s corpus, they locate their project in the extension rather than in the rejection of his fundamental problematic – a sustained critique of capitalism.

—https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/article/intersectionality-and-marxism/

It is precisely this extension of Marxism which incorporates intersectionality that influenced the founders of BLM who are likewise Black feminist lesbian socialists. So yes, BLM is indeed a Marxist group. And their intersectionalist view is divisive, as I said, since it works to divide people in society into ever more narrowly defined ranks of oppressed people, i.e. the oppression olympics. Well, everyone except heteronormative white males.

TaiwanIsNotChinaToday 03:30 am JST

Were the "all lives matter" people carrying AR-15s?

Perhaps. Do you have particular “All Lives Matter” protesters in mind you could point me to? But in the spirit of equality let me ask you, Were the “Black Lives Matter” people actively participating in “mostly peaceful protests”?

7th Night Of Violence And Looting Follows A Day Of Peaceful Protests:

https://youtu.be/eRC9Iuy4gPQ

So I will reiterate my point that corporations should not support movements which intentionally exploit racial tensions to undermine capitalist societies.