The Gift That Won’t Stop Giving: The Onslaught of Diversity Committees and Task Forces
The Awakening. The Reckoning. After the George Floyd atrocity on May 25, 2020 and in the midst of an anticipated holiday season, America is now breathing again. People are asking questions and seeking answers to the mistreatment of particular communities. Covid-19 attention and precautions notwithstanding, the #BLM corporate statements, community billboards, witty social media posts, highly marketable and trendy t-shirts have been read and received by the nation.
Leaders have adjusted their microphones to speak of equality and righting the wrongs of the past. Many citizens who were waiting rather patiently for change and even those protestors in the streets who remain “sick and tired of being sick and tired” now have a flicker of hope for a country whose racial history is consumed with denial and dismissal of truth. It was made clear on that day. Collectively, Black, Indigenous, Asians, Latinx, and Native Americans have disturbingly different outcomes than Whites in all of our systems and institutions. Now what?
Someone with a bright mind once stated, “Success leaves clues.” For organizations, the customary clue or key to making change begins with a look and application of what was successfully used in the past. We copy or model others. Surprisingly, to those who are…
