United Airlines New Diversity Officer Unveils Roadmap For Racial Equality
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Kimberly Wilson
Last year, in the wake of George Floyd’s death, the black square on Instagram became a virtue signal of solidarity by brands, corporations, and influencers in support of a nationwide fight for Black lives. But a year later as we look back at the hundreds of corporate entities who posted Black squares on Instagram, many without any real strategy or action plan for how they create institutional change, you’ll find that the black square was nothing more than a promise to continue with the status quo.