A Black chief diversity officer lost a job offer after flagging racial bias. - NBCBLK
Hill received an offer to move to Houston to work at Memorial Hermann Health System as its chief DEI officer.Curtis Bunn
Hill’s case draws into focus concerns some experienced Black DEI officers expressed about the overall commitment by employers to making internal changes. After the social justice movement following the murder of George Floyd, many business leaders announced plans to address diversity imbalance in the workforce by hiring DEI personnel.examining diversity in 2,868 American workplaces. The report indicated the percentage of Black DEI directors barely increased: from 11.3 percent in 2020 and 11.
Kevin Clayton, the vice president of diversity, inclusion and community engagement for the Cleveland Cavaliers, has worked in the DEI arena for more than 30 years. Clayton said he appreciated, after Floyd’s murder, that companies acknowledged a need to “look inside their houses.” Another day, when Hill arrived to begin a home search in a Porsche SUV, Hill recalled the agent saying, “That’s a nice rental car you have there.” Hill did not respond. Rather, he shared the “microaggressions” — slights that communicate negative attitudes toward marginalized people — with Knowles, Memorial Hermann’s human resources vice president
Hill returned to Atlanta excited about moving to Houston for his new job. Then the fateful email came.
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