tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post3808056853308127213..comments2024-03-28T05:30:09.322-04:00Comments on Corporate Justice Blog: The New CEO of Xerox: When it Comes to Employment Discrimination, African American Executives May Not Make a DifferenceSteven Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741346526253732489noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-14122612188102339032022-01-14T16:25:00.673-05:002022-01-14T16:25:00.673-05:00HOW THE ILLUMINATI BROTHERHOOD HELPED ME BECOME SU...HOW THE ILLUMINATI BROTHERHOOD HELPED ME BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE, BEING POOR OR SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE IS A CHOICE, IF YOU ARE BOLD TO TAKE THE STEPS YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE AND ENJOY WITH YOUR GENERATIONS <br /> How i become successful in life, I am so grateful today is because of the illuminati brotherhood. the Illuminati brotherhood continues to change my life day by day, hails to the illuminati brotherhood, i was deeply strangled up by poverty and i had no body to help me, and also i search for help from different corners but to no available, i have worked so hard to make it in life, i have done so many things in life, just to make it and live a happy life with my family, i do not know what to do next i was just thinking about my life, i see people around me getting rich but to me, i get poor everyday of my life, i start to think of what to do next just to get rich and live a good life, one day i think of going for research in google, and i say how many people giving testimony on how the illuminati brotherhood helped then to get rich and famous, so i think of joining the illuminati brother so that i can also get rich and be famous in life, because i have go through pains in life, so i make up my mind and decide to join the illuminati brotherhood, to my own believe i see my life changed for when i followed the process of joining the illuminati, the good news is that when i join the illuminati i was given amount of $2,000,000.00 USD to start a new life, i am so proud of myself and i am a great man today, because of the illuminati brotherhood, the mission of the illuminati brotherhood is to wipe away suffering and hardship away from everyone life. so if you are a business man/woman, an artist, a pastor, a working class, student and you want wealth,fame,protection,long life, prosperity just name it, the illuminati brotherhood is ready to help you achieve your dreams, if you live in America it is free to join the illuminati brotherhood, you have to email: churchofinitiationcenter@gmail.com WhatsApp call or text +16616664507 on how to join the illuminati brotherhood, join and see changes in your life.Larry Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13172148137423480146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-82062787551223102462017-05-03T10:12:51.373-04:002017-05-03T10:12:51.373-04:00I do agree that a corporate CEO mindset is consist...I do agree that a corporate CEO mindset is consistent regardless of race, color or gender. In order to get the position they receive, they will have had to assimilate into the culture of executives and seem to lose many of the qualities they once understood like being raised by a single parent or living in the hood. <br /><br />Diversity double speak are still pervasive today. In 2011 and 2015 racial discrimination lawsuits were still occurring. In December of last year, Burns stepped down as CEO, yet remains on the BOD. Xerox chose to replace her with Jeff Jacobson a fair-skinned white man. From what I've been able to find, it looks like he has only been with the business for 5 years. Nowhere in the announcement put out by Xerox did they mention continuing diversity or opportunity, which I find a clear message. <br /><br />In an interview this past February stated that business is made for men. While the gender issue is a whole new can of worms, I do agree with her assessment. While it is possible for women to succeed, the structural set up of business makes for many more hurdles women must overcome or sacrifice that men rarely do.\<br /><br />Jessica Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16997187542538920021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-14301020313942073632010-04-18T00:17:46.298-04:002010-04-18T00:17:46.298-04:00Diversity is a word that has been shunned in Ameri...Diversity is a word that has been shunned in American history since the days of affirmative action. When diversity has been used in the educational arena law suits have followed(Regents v. Bakke; Grutter v. Bollinger; Gratz v. Bollinger...) Why would it be any different in corporate America? The elephant has not left the room. <br /><br />It's also amazing to see that when the d-word is used, most often there is resentment from the masses who reverse the comment to say the speaker is racist.Mohammednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-53267016037111486572010-04-08T11:14:03.508-04:002010-04-08T11:14:03.508-04:00This could not be better news. It's really abo...This could not be better news. It's really about time this nation realized that color has nothing to do with intelligence and the ability to run a company. Obviously President Obama has been a major reason for the transition, but it is nice to see corporations doing their part to change America. Growing up in the South I experienced a lot of racism and prejudice and unfortunately there is still a lot of that going on everywhere in America, so it's refreshing to read this!Rubeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652401160309330482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-48224350496680051552009-08-04T21:23:57.212-04:002009-08-04T21:23:57.212-04:00The term post-racial seems a bit suspect to me. I...The term post-racial seems a bit suspect to me. Is it really something that we should be striving for? Does it mean that race no longer matters, or does it mean that race no longer exists? We are told that we have arrived at this era because a small percentage of non white people seem to have broken through to positions of wealth and power.<br />The price that the upwardly mobile person of color must pay to live in the post-racial era is to have to stifle any observation of the ongoing significance of race. This for fear of rocking the post-racial boat of racial (post racial?) harmony. <br />"Post-racial" is a very fragile state of affairs, then. Is it really a desirable one? It reminds me of times when white friends and colleagues have seemingly complimented me (an African American woman) by saying they do not see race when they look at me. <br />Is this really desirable?Annehttp://yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-33929429588774554292009-08-01T22:32:01.729-04:002009-08-01T22:32:01.729-04:00This is a thought provoking post. Thanks prof wade...This is a thought provoking post. Thanks prof wade for writing it. I too am disappointed that people of color who become leaders are not more vocal about race discrimination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-80019075892103544542009-08-01T22:12:20.544-04:002009-08-01T22:12:20.544-04:00professor wade offers analysis of a very real conu...professor wade offers analysis of a very real conundrum faced by successful executives of color. that said, when i discuss corporate diversity and board of director diversity with my business law classes, one common response i receive from students is the following:<br /><br />when individuals rise to the highest levels of leadership in corporate america, by the time executives of color arrive, they have coopted the "corporate" mentality that seems to pervade U.S. executive thought.<br /><br />i.e., corporate greed is corporate greed, regardless of race, ethnicity, experience, etc.<br /><br />i wonder how much assimilation into corporate America must occur for successful executives of color before they are able to rise to the upper echelon of leadership. and, is it a valid criticism to say that corporate America and Wall Street essentially share a common mind set of profit at all costs, particularly personal profit?dré cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13427038538259417962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-25447313915640748552009-08-01T15:20:58.444-04:002009-08-01T15:20:58.444-04:00It is extremely gratifying to see people of color ...It is extremely gratifying to see people of color moving into high-powered positions. Yet, we should not expect too much from these second generation trail blazers. Unlike MLK or Thurgood Marshall the people walking through these newly opened doors must prove themselves trustworthy to the governing elite. Thus making waves regarding race is apt to cause suspicion and rancor that can have negative career implications. Then there is the issue of cognitive capture. Michelle Obama's Princeton thesis is a wonderful analysis of this dynamic. She suggested that after four years at Princeton she finds herself "striving for the same goals" as her white peers. And, her commitment to serving minority communities waned to that extent.<br /><br />We all struggle with these issues at one level or another and we all are tempted to one extent or another to conform in the cause of success.<br /><br />Perhaps the next generation is the real hope and perhaps they will realize that a post-racial America is impossible unless the nation truly seeks to remedy continuing sources of racial and class oppression.<br /><br />It is disappointing that the mainstream consensus on race is to do nothing, and that the rise of people of color serves to affirm that rather than to contest it.Steven Ramirezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741346526253732489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-84789293604615083542009-08-01T09:13:29.079-04:002009-08-01T09:13:29.079-04:00Professor Wade makes a good point. Ms. Burns, like...Professor Wade makes a good point. Ms. Burns, like President Obama, face an unusual world where you would think that having diversity in the top office would increase the chances of having a "real" dialogue on race. However, the trailbalzers are chilled and are unable to have any honest discussion of race or race discrimination. So it appears that having a black CEO or black president just makes us feel good about racial progress but leaves us frozen in place. It allows people to say that there has been progress without really making any real progress for the average black person.Leonard M. Bayneshttp://www.stjohns.edu/academics/graduate/law/faculty/Profiles/Baynesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-36727367654876512322009-08-01T07:15:31.621-04:002009-08-01T07:15:31.621-04:00Let's keep it simple "birds of a feather ...Let's keep it simple "birds of a feather flock together", "association breeds assimulation". We can find prejudice and discrimination in every walk of life, even our own home. It is rediculus to think that one group will not discriminate against others. It is prudent that we stay vigilant and protect ourselves against it, but is is foolish to think that we will eliminate it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242517108436417177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-20929070103956877812009-07-30T14:20:27.062-04:002009-07-30T14:20:27.062-04:00Too often when a person of color, either male or f...Too often when a person of color, either male or female, enters the executive level of a corporation or government entity, they never openly discuss race or discrimination nor do they actively promote other persons of color. Although I understand their silence as fear of being identified as biased, the executives that preceded them have not let that repercussion curtail their choices. White males typically promote white males; it is the exception when they do otherwise and that exception is the result of litigation. Perhaps if executives of color had the courage to discuss the implications of historical racism and also actively promote those who look like them, then people of color would be less victimized by economic discrimination.JDChttp://aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-69861768758208909732009-07-30T13:51:45.927-04:002009-07-30T13:51:45.927-04:00Work life at U.S. corporations most certainly refl...Work life at U.S. corporations most certainly reflects the microcosms of American society and culture. While simultaneously hiring and promoting people of color to high level and executive positions, discrimination complaints based on race, gender, or national origin are regularly filed against corporations; notwithstanding corporate efforts to increase diversity. <br /><br />Professor Wade’s comments on Ursula Burns raises several questions on what should be reasonably expected of executives of color working in corporate America. How should Ursula Burns, the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, publicly respond to discrimination complaints against the company? <br /><br />As a practical matter, Ms. Burns more than likely received advice from litigation lawyers (some of whom I hope were people of color) not to make any public comments on the discrimination litigation. After all as CEO of a public company, Ms. Burns is under a duty to act in the best interests of the corporation and its shareholders. Any comments on pending or settled litigation might easily impact the litigation or the terms of an agreed settlement.<br /><br />However, Professor Wade’s comments go to a deeper issue for executives of color. Executives of color not only face the scrutiny of media, boards, and financial markets on their ability to achieve financial success for the company, executives of color must also satisfy the expectations of communities of color. Communities of color rightfully expect “their” executives to care about issues of discrimination. Ursula Burns likely experienced discrimination, prejudice, and wrongful treatment on her heroic rise through the ranks of Xerox. The fact that she does not speak out on a particular discrimination complaint against Xerox does not mean she is unaware or uncommitted to ending discrimination at Xerox. No one person, not even a powerful African-American woman who is the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, can bring about larger societal changes on a grand scale [hence the difficulties our President faces on issues of race]. Ms. Burns not only deserves the respect and adoration of communities of color (and women), she also deserves our understanding as she serves her corporate task masters and the communities of color I’m certain she so adamantly loves. <br /><br />Although, it may well be true that very little changes as far as corporate race discrimination is concerned when the CEO is African-American. Any CEO who tolerates racial disparities in a company deserves to face litigation and criticism from all of us. The achievements of small numbers within a racial group (diversity) do not equate to wider societal equality (discrimination). However, the achievements of a few begin to increase the numbers represented in corporate America. One day Ms. Burns will not stand alone as the first or only female African-American CEO of a public company. She will stand with many who together can take on corporate task masters while publicly standing for communities of color. <br /><br />Z. Jill Barclift<br />Associate Professor of Law, Hamline University School of Law<br />zbarclift@hamline.eduz jill barclifthttp://www.hamline.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-25562538736617806292009-07-30T12:07:48.864-04:002009-07-30T12:07:48.864-04:00Prof. Wade has has presented a clear analysis of t...Prof. Wade has has presented a clear analysis of the dangerous waters we tread when it comes to discussing diversity vs. discrimination. Psychologically, diversity can be viewed as pro-active and have a positive impact in the work place. Discrimination, historically carries a negative connotation on both the victim and the perpertrator. We may be hardwired to avoid pain when possible, but as Prof. Wade points out, diversity cannot be successfully accomplished without visiting the ugly realities of discrimination.ycnoreply@blogger.com