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Build It and They Will Come? Exploring the Importance of Equity over Equality for Black Employees

November 15, 2023 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Build It and They Will Come? Exploring the Importance of Equity over Equality for Black Employees by Simone Donaldson

The popular saying: “If you build it, they will come” was first introduced in the 1989 baseball movie Field of Dreams.  In searching the origin of this quote, all while thinking about equity work; it was a brilliant accident that I was also drawn to the baseball picture shown here (adapted from The Interaction Institute for Social Change by artist Angus Maguire).  I have … [Read more...] about Build It and They Will Come? Exploring the Importance of Equity over Equality for Black Employees

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