You can try to be competitive by equipping yourself to run the race that’s already scheduled, or you can try to change the race. The turnout of around 45 employees — almost all of them white — felt sparse in the expansive room. Before DiAngelo got started, the director of Levi’s diversity team at the time told me that the company’s leadership probably wouldn’t be in the audience. Perhaps more encouraging, it has pledged to be transparent about the racial makeup of the company’s leadership. The phrase floated above the meticulous display of provolone, fontina and Emmentaler, stripped of all power, a message of fleeting intent.

Source: New York Times July 15, 2020 09:00 UTC