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“Whiteness wants enough blackness to affirm the goodness of whiteness, the progressiveness of whiteness, the open-heartedness of whiteness. Whiteness likes a trickle of blackness, but only that which can be controlled.”

Book:I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

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“I have been in the room when promises were made to diversify boardrooms, leadership teams, pastoral staff, faculty and staff positions, only to watch committees appoint a white man in the end. It's difficult to express how these incidences accumulate, making you feel undervalued, unappreciated, and ultimately...expendable.”

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Book:I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Source: I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

“What these companies need is a tech-savvy workforce with a deep empathetic understanding of people's behaviors, interactions, and preferences. For new technologies like these to reach their potential, they simply must be created by teams with a diverse set of perspectives.”

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Author:Emily Chang

“Our stories cannot become more diverse and inclusive if the characters inside them are reduced to stereotypes.”

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Book:Beyond Diversity

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“Being a global citizen means appreciating our shared humanity no matter what nation you call home.”

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Book:Beyond Diversity

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“Food is perhaps the most accessible way to experience another culture. It does not require you to have a friend or colleague from another culture and you don’t even need to travel outside your hometown.”

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Book:Beyond Diversity

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“The reason diversity quotas or affirmative action initiatives exist is to open a door that might otherwise be shut. But opening that door just enough to let one person through and then letting it shut once more isn’t the progress we need.”

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Book:Beyond Diversity

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“Those with the least social capital and power shouldn’t be asked to instigate the most change.”

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Book:Beyond Diversity

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“Minorities are always better off in a culture which protects dissent than in a culture which protects us from dissent.”

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Book:The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

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“Diversity contains as many treasures as those waiting for us on other worlds. We will find it impossible to fear diversity and to enter the future at the same time.”

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Author:Gene Roddenberry

“Where men shape technology, they shape it to the exclusion of women, especially Black women.”

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Book:Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

Source: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

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