“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.”
Madam C. J. Walker
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace
A majority of U.S. workers say focusing on DEI at work is a good thing, but relatively small shares place great importance on diversity in their own workplace. By Rachel Minkin
The Brookings Institute. Who is driving Black business growth? Insights from the latest data on Black-owned businesses.
Andre M. Perry, Manann Donoghoe, and Hannah Stephens. May 24, 2023
The Benefits of Revealing Race: Evidence from Minority-owned Local Businesses.
Harvard Working Paper 23-042 Abhay Aneja, Michael Luca, and Oren Reshef. https://doi.org/10.1086/510763
Deloitte. (2022). Diversity of workforce at Deloitte in the United States from 2021 to 2022, by race.
Statista Inc. https://www-statista-com.lbs.idm.oclc.org/statistics/1324241/diversity-deloitte-workforce/
The report presents a range of statistics and facts on race, gender, sexuality, and LGBTQIA+ demographics at the "Big Four" accounting/auditing firms in the United States.
Digitalundivided. (2020). Average two-year fail rate for Black and Latinx female-led start-ups compared to all start-ups in the United States in 2020.
Statista Inc. https://www-statista-com.lbs.idm.oclc.org/statistics/1223129/fail-rate-usa-startups-black-latinx-female-founders/
7 facts about Black representation in the boardroom
https://blog.aboveboard.com/black-representation-in-boardroom