Inclusion, Diversity and Equity are Call To Action #5
The latest news about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Hello everyone,
As every week, you will find in the newsletter a series of articles and videos to help expand your knowledge of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. These resources may also help you to identify what makes each of us unique and recognize that our individual differences are a source of collective strength.
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day! When many years have passed since his famous speech “The Other America”, these words sound like it was yesterday.They urge us to listen and to act. In memory of this great man, if I were asked what I could do to contribute on our own scale to move towards a world like the one dreamed of by Dr. Luther King Jr, I would say that we should stand up against all inequalities, speak up in your community or in your work, and that everyday whoever you are, we can all be allies. It’s not enough just to put Dr. Martin Luther King’s quotes here and there on the internet or put them out of context.They urge us to listen and to act.
In memory of this great man, if I were asked what I could do to contribute on my own scale to move towards a world like the one dreamed of by Dr. Luther King, I would say that we should stand up against all inequalities, speak up in our community or in our work, and that everyday whoever you are, we can all be allies. It’s not enough just to put Dr. Martin Luther King’s quotes here and there on the internet out of context, it’s better to engage with the reality of inequities, discriminations and so on. It’s more efficient to share with your coworkers/ community a trick or two that you have chosen to apply everyday to counter this type of inequalities and make yourself accountable for.
I leave you with this inspiring speech.
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Articles to Read — Hot Topics
Diversity & Inclusion ✨
- CES 2021:
amines Issues of Gender and Racial Bias in AI
“Mishra, a career AI scientist with 12+ years in the field, noted how “the most important issue in diversity in AI … has to do with the lack of representational role models.” “You cannot be what you cannot see,” she said. Sterling, a pharmacist who now works in medical devices and digital health, said that “often it’s the unintended consequences that get uncovered.”
“Without diverse datasets we end up with bad models,” she said. “It’s predicting commonalities, yet differences matter in healthcare. Representation matters.”
Read the full 2020 report here: https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-inclusion-report-2021 and see the videos in the video section below
“This is the first time in the report’s history that we’re seeing more LGBTQ people of color than white LGBTQ characters,” according to GLAAD.
A common method of engaging your organization in honest reflection is through a DEI audit.
- Tech in DEI? Integris co-founder reveals new startup that uses software to help companies meet diversity goals
“Gollamudi, who resigned from OneTrust last week, is on a mission to help enterprises face their next biggest challenge: getting their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategy right. His latest startup, Included, is building a platform that integrates with all employee data systems to help promote a high retention and belonging culture at scale.”
Gender Equality ⚖
A new report highlights the shocking gender disparity that remains in so-called ‘modern’ workplaces — and in the home
Disability at Work 💼
More employers are using algorithm-based hiring tools for remote candidates. But a new report shows that a reliance on these tools can exacerbate inequities.
“Academics and advocates have sounded the alarm for years on how artificial intelligence reflects and amplifies human bias, rather than acting as the impartial arbiter that the tech industry once envisioned. The focus has often been on how these technologies have encoded racism and gender discrimination, but the same methods responsible for one kind of bias — training artificial intelligence on flawed data sets, for example — can replicate another.”
Tips 💡
The tech industry is behind on their diversity initiatives, but there are four steps they can take in 2021 to quickly and effectively make a difference.
Diversity has been the talk of tech for years now, but little progress is actually being made. In the last half-decade, Facebook’s proportion of black employees has gone from 3% to 3.8% — hardly any change at all.
Top Videos To Watch
1/ Netflix’s first inclusion report : Sowing The Seeds
Read the full 2020 report here:
https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-inclusion-report-2021
Here Netflix current snapshot of their diversity data:
- Women make up half of Their workforce (47.1%), including at the leadership level: directors and above (47.8%), vice presidents (43.7%) and senior leadership (47.6%).
- Nearly half of their U.S. workforce (46.4%) and leadership (42.0%, director level and above) are made up of people from one or more underrepresented racial and/or ethnic backgrounds, including Black, Latinx or Hispanic, Indigenous, Middle Eastern, Asian, and Pacific Islander backgrounds.
The number of Black employees in the U.S. doubled in the last three years to 8% of their workforce and 9% of their leadership (director level and above).
2/ Representation Numbers 2020
- Data as of October 2020, at approximately 8,000 full time streaming employees. Leadership is defined as employees in director, vice president, and executive officer roles. Illustration by Ndubisi Okoye.
3/ CES 2021 : Consumer Technology Association (CTA) — Living Diversity
Meet investors who are leveling the playing field for underrepresented founders.
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