Race & Ethnicity
To increase diversity of programming, Comcast plans 10 new channels and Fox forms Fox Hispanic Media
Submitted by samantha.chiafalo on Mon, 04/25/2011 - 13:17To satisfy commitments made to win approval of its merger with NBC Universal, Comcast Corp. yesterday announced plans for 10 new independent channels, to be launched over the next eight years, with African-American, American-Latino or Hispanic majority owners or operators, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. The first channel, scheduled to launch July 2012, will be American-Latino operated; two other majority African-American owned channels should launch by January 2013, WSJ reported.
Working with Minority Communities in the U.S.: Advice from Advocacy Group Leaders
Submitted by Eleanor Shemesh on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 16:32The financial hardships experienced by so many people during the last couple of years have hit minority communities the hardest, not only with increased unemployment, but indirectly in terms of health care, education, life expectancy and community safety. The problems are so widespread they may seem insurmountable, but at last month’s meeting of the Workforce Opportunity Network (WON), Blair Taylor of the Los Angeles Urban League urged companies that want to get involved to start one neighborhood at a time.
WON Meeting Highlights: The Impact of the Recession on Minority Communities and Emerging Issues and Trends from the EEOC
Submitted by Jessica Kirby on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 17:07ORC Worldwide’s WON Meeting hosted by Mattel in El Segundo, CA was an opportunity for rich dialogue and a collaborative networking experience for the 26 organizations in attendance. Attendees covered a variety of sectors including financial, automotive, manufacturing, media, health care and pharmaceutical, technology, government and non-profit.
Norway Companies Negatively Affected by Female Quotas, but Because of Inexperience Not Gender
Submitted by Lindsay Herod on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 01:00A new study conducted at the University of Michigan finds that public companies in Norway have been negatively affected by a recent law requiring corporate boards to have female membership of at least 40 percent -- but not because of gender.
AA Ban Proposed in Utah
Submitted by Lindsay Herod on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 01:00On February 12, the Utah state Senate proposed a ban on affirmative action.
Judge’s Race or Gender Makes Difference
Submitted by Lindsay Herod on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 12:07Two studies find that a judge's race or gender makes a dramatic difference in the outcome of cases they hear, at least for cases in which race and gender allegedly play a role in the conduct of the parties.
National Equality Panel Reports on Equality and Inequality in Britain
Submitted by Lindsay Herod on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 16:31The National Equality Panel, chaired by Professor John Hills and whose memberships comprised an independent body of academic researchers, published on 27th January 2010 the largest study of equality and inequality in Britain.
Immigration Changes Ideas about Race, According to Latest Census Data
Submitted by Lindsay Herod on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 12:07New census data on America’s foreign-born population “are challenging conventional views of immigration, race and ethnicity,” according to the New Yor
Workforce Opportunity Network (US)-Winter 2009 in Review
Submitted by Lindsay Herod on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:19In October, WON members were delighted to meet at the world headquarters of The Boeing Company in Chicago. A briefing on Boeing’s global diversity strategy by Joyce Tucker kicked off a two-day session that included a wide range of diversity and inclusion as well as EEO compliance topics.
Life Sentence for Killer of “Veil Martyr”
Submitted by Lindsay Herod on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 15:21A Russian-born immigrant who stabbed to death a pregnant Muslim woman as she gave evidence against him in court was given Germany’s highest possible sentence for murder (15 years’ jail with no chance of early parole).
