“Roughly 85% of corporate executives and board members are white men. This number hasn’t budged for decades, which suggests that white men are continuing to select and promote other white men.”
Read: Women and Minorities Are Penalized for Promoting Diversity
“You can’t swing a cat in a San Francisco co-working space these days without hitting someone halfway through a passionate article expressing their love for the Amazon Echo, the voice-enabled speaker released by the retail giant in 2014.”
Read: First Click: Siri and Alexa aren’t speaking my language
“The American media, over the past year, has been trying to work out something of a mystery: Why is the Republican electorate supporting a far-right, orange-toned populist with no real political experience, who espouses extreme and often bizarre views? How has Donald Trump, seemingly out of no”
“On Friday afternoon, media reports emerged about my friend Melissa Harris-Perry’s refusal to host her eponymous weekend program on MSNBC on Saturday. I was one of the original producers on the show when it launched in 2012, leaving for another job in 2015. Dr.”
Read: Melissa Harris-Perry’s Email to Her #nerdland Staff — Medium
““Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV.” So said Idris Elba at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last month. It was a reference, of course, to the furor over the Oscars’ all-white acting nominees. But Mr.”
“This is a part of series of discussions around the release of the #ProjectDiane report, a report on digitalundivided’s proprietary research study about the state of Black women in tech entrepreneurship in the United States. The report will be released on Feb 9th, 2016.”
“According to an industry insider, the dearth of Rey merchandise for The Force Awakens was no accident — it was an intentional decision. The inside source shared their story with Michael Boehm at Sweatpants and Coffee, speaking on the condition of anonymity.”
Read: Report: ‘Star Wars’ toymakers were ‘specifically directed’ to exclude Rey
“Diversity was (once again) a popular topic of conversation inside Twitter headquarters this week following a blog post from a former employee who criticized company execs for failing to create a diverse workplace.”
Read: Twitter Engineering Lead Alex Roetter Apologizes for Diversity Issues: ‘We Have Blind Spots’
“GLAAD is publishing an extensive report on the state of LGBT representation on television this morning. It’s become a major part of the organization’s media advocacy over the last decade — and after this year, it’s being replaced.”
Read: GLAAD is changing how it tracks LGBT inclusivity on TV