Posted on 03/04/2024 11:08:11 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
Regina Lawless hit a professional high at 40, becoming the first director of diversity and inclusion for Instagram. But after her husband died suddenly in 2021, she pondered whether she had neglected her personal life and what it means for Black woman to succeed in the corporate world.
While she felt supported in the role, “there wasn’t the willingness for the leaders to take it all the way,” Lawless said. “Really, it’s the leaders and every employee that creates the culture of inclusion.”
This inspired her venture, Bossy and Blissful, a collective for Black female executives to commiserate and coach each other on how to deal with misogynoir, a specific type of misogyny experienced by Black women, or being the only person of color in the C-suite.
“I’m now determined to help other women, particularly women of color and Black women, to see that we don’t have to sacrifice ourselves for success. We can find spaces or create our own spaces where we can be successful and thrive,” said Lawless, who is based in Oakland, California.......
The number of Black women in the workforce is in danger of shrinking because of a lack of support and opportunities, according to advocates.
Black women comprise 7.4% of the U.S. population but they occupy only 1.4% of C-suite positions and 1.6% of senior vice-president roles, according to a 2020 report from Lean In, “The State of Black Women in Corporate America.” U.S. Census data shows Black women working year-round and full-time in 2021 made 69 cents for every dollar a white man got. Meanwhile, white women made 80 cents on the dollar.
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Translation. Black women struggle to find their way in a world where qualifications and competency are considered.
Think Fulton County.
Bossy and Blissful? That really means entitled “see you next Tuesday.”
Maybe those videos of Africanized females on the rampage in fast food restaurants and Walmarts isnt helping. Maybe the Fani Willis’ of the world are a turnoff to most people.
Okay, now they’re just making up shit.
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I'll say, make hay while the sun shines because these worthless jobs won't be around forever.
Black women are in demand. Companies want to hire them. Skill set optional.
This group should not be complaining - it has multiple privileges that few others have.
“Black women struggle to find their way in a job world where diversity is under attack”
Utter ignorant mob incitement BALDERDASH!
Just made TFU out of nothing....or at best fabricated data and anecdotal sob stories.
Central casting deep state agi-prop.
NEXT!
So, women hired simply because they are black are finding out its hard to get a job when the qualifications go beyond skin color- boo freaking hoo....
Women, children and minorities hardest hit!................
She should have pursued a real job vs. one of negative value. DEI is less than worthless - a money making scam which demoralizes the workforce with garbage nonsense.
If the black women in politics, academia or corporate world we see in the media are representative of black women everywhere, then black women are ignorant, spoiled, fat brats. If anything, they have been handed too much.
NO, DIVERSITY is not under attack.
Diversity simply for diversity’s sake is a fraudulent scam...
No one cares what color your skin is when you do your job well....
When you are token hire or promote who clearly isn’t qualified, but given the job to check boxes, yes, people care.
Pursue excellence and diversity happens... pursue diversity simply for diversity’s sake and you you destroy excellence
This is spot on. These unqualified fools have had a field day since that drug addict died in Minneapolis. Businesses are finally starting to wake up.
Diversity isn’t under attack, racism/sexism and suicidally destructive racial/sexist favoritism are.
Oh Pleeeeeeeeeeeease
Demanding that competency be a requirement for employment is not race related.
A job which should not exist, created to provide a welfare check (not really a pay check) for people who cannot earn a pay check honestly.
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