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Overcoming Resistance To Diversity In The Executive Suite: Grease, Grit, And The Corporate Promotion Tournament, Donald C. Langevoort
Overcoming Resistance To Diversity In The Executive Suite: Grease, Grit, And The Corporate Promotion Tournament, Donald C. Langevoort
Washington and Lee Law Review
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"We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer": Diversity Doublespeak, Cheryl L. Wade
"We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer": Diversity Doublespeak, Cheryl L. Wade
Washington and Lee Law Review
There are too few discussions about race and race relations among corporate managers and directors. The rhetoric used in these infrequent discussions revolves around the idea of diversity in the workplace. In recent years, when speaking about employees and race issues, corporate actors have become curiously silent about discrimination and racism. This Article provides several examples of the rhetorical devices used by corporate spokespersons that ignore persisting problems with discrimination and racism by focusing solely on diversity efforts. Diversity rhetoric allows corporate managers to avoid responsibility for enduring discrimination in the workplace. Diversity efforts, without antidiscrimination efforts, increase the likelihood …