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The Importance of Cultural Diversity in the Workplace
JULY 1, 2020
Social media, instant news, and powerful voices. As technology evolves, education grows, and employees speak up, businesses have an obligation to address concerns over cultural differences and diversity in the workplace.
Employees, customers, partners, and press will hold brands to higher standards. It’s critical that diversity and inclusive culture is built into a company's mold from the get-go, and it’s not treated as an added on benefit.
America’s schools are more diverse than ever. But the teachers are still mostly white.
December 2019
Nationally, a Washington Post analysis of school district data from 46 states and the District of Columbia finds that only one-tenth of 1 percent of Latino students attend a school system where the portion of Latino teachers equals or exceeds the percentage of Latino students.
It’s only marginally better for black students: 7 percent were enrolled in a district where the share of black teachers matches or exceeds that for students. Among Asian students, it was 4.5 percent.
Meanwhile, 99.7 percent of white students attended a district where the faculty was as white as the student body, The Post found.
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