Not the Only One

Post-George Floyd, corporations loudly pledged diversity and inclusion. Yet, McKinsey's findings suggest many commitments were more show than substance. The initial rise in promoting Black professionals now seems like a fleeting trend, not a permanent change. James D. White, the former CEO of Jamba who now serves as board chair of the The Honest Company., said the promotion data confirm what he has been hearing from Black professionals. “There is a really dramatic kind of pushback and retre...

“We just can’t have a system that treats arrests more leniently than other ways of punishing your critics.” This week's top story: A small-town #Texas dispute that spiraled out of control has landed at the U.S. Supreme Court, with potentially widespread consequences. https://www.texasobserver.org/small-town-politics-national-consequences/

I recently read on the news that Christine Elliot, the former #Ontario Health Minister (and harbinger of Death) who oversaw the #COVID deaths of over 12,000 Ontarians, has registered as an official lobbyist for some of the Long-Term Care homes she so gleefully neglected in her former role. But it didn't hit me just how shitty, craven and opportunistic that move is until I read this article (https://www.normalcyfugitive.com/p/the-pandemic-isnt-over). This woman is literally and without any s...

Objectives: Given the prevalence of discrimination experienced by racial and ethnic minorities living with disabilities, it is likely that racism experienced by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) is compounded by the ableism experienced by people with disabilities, widening disparities in health and healthcare outcomes. To address this, we described unmet healthcare needs of a sample of Black, non-Hispanic, and Hispanic adults with and without disabilities. The following research ...