Racial Equity Is Different From Diversity, NAIFA Members Told
Diversity is not the same as racial equity, NAIFA members were told.
Racial equity is different from diversity efforts, and Derrik Anderson told NAIFA members how and why this is so.
Anderson is executive director of Race Matters and spoke during Thursday’s portion of NAIFA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Impact Week. He discussed why DEI is a critical issue for any organization and provided some practical steps on what individuals can do to advance the cause of racial equity.
Racial inequity was part of the U.S. from the beginning, he said, with government passing and enforcing laws that determined everything from who could vote to where people were permitted to live.