There was a time when certain topics were taboo at work. Now some feel emboldened to say whatever they want online. But who gets to speak their mind and at what cost?
The Y2K scare prompted Americans to stockpile food and stash cash. Twenty years later, a global pandemic has us doing much of the same.
In politics, as consumers, as employees and decision makers, black women are often ignored and taken for granted. But those who continue to discount black women do so at their peril.
Imagine crafting an ad only for white people. Maybe you narrow down the targeting to a certain location and slice out certain ages for good measure. That might make sense if you’re trying to sell a cream-colored foundation in your Manhattan boutique, but you’d be ill-advised to try it for advertising housing or jobs — because it’s against the law.
The Uber fallout of recent weeks makes something my grandmother used to tell me more important than ever now: “To get something you don’t have, you’ll have to do something you haven’t done. You’re a black woman. So, to do that, you’ll have to work twice as hard to get half as far.”
However, the onus isn’t just on us. There are two things tech must acknowledge and fix to make a change...
