Hanna Flint Guest ContributorDiversity and inclusion have become a mandate for businesses trying to build representative workplaces and improve the experience for marginalized individuals.
But when COVID-19 hit the U.K. in March, schemes focused on this area were often the first casualties of cost-cutting.“I know a [major] global tech firm, and that’s one of the first things they did,” Elizabeth Bananuka, founder of cultural consultancy The Blueprint, tells Variety. “They massively cut their D&I work.
I’ve heard loads of stories like this and it’s the first, anywhere, to go.”Then, in May, George Floyd died in police custody and the Black Lives Matter movement forced the world to reckon with systemic racism.
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