DINT #66 - Black Women Lead Diversity Charge in Tech - Is There Support?
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Update: Why Are DEI Leaders from Underrepresented Groups?
Type the words “diversity equity and inclusion exec in Tech” into LinkedIn and you’ll usually find a page full of the faces of a Black woman smiling back at you. This is because Black women are overrepresented in one segment of tech, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) leadership.
People already in positions of power aren’t comfortable with making room for anyone else. It’s how they got to where they are. This is an uphill battle for the DEI leader in tech especially.
Author and consultant Mind Harts explains this pattern as the glass cliff where firms give Black women ‘no-win’ roles, deprive them of support, and point the finger at them when things don’t work out.
In the entertainment industry, many of the faces of diversity are calling it quits. Last week Netflix’s Vernā Myers, who was VP, Inclusion Strategy at Netflix announcing her resignation, along with four other Black female entertainment executives in the DEI space.
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