Happy Black History Month! Yes, we're still celebrating Black History Month! We're back and this week we're talking the GRAMMYs and why you should be an ally like Adele. Tune in! Links: Adele's GRAMMY acceptance speech for Album of the Year is here. A transcript of her post-GRAMMY Bey comments are here. Summary: Two black women lawyers and champions for diversity and inclusion … [Read more...]
Uncolorblind 003: Black History Month and #DeleteUber
Happy Black History Month! We're not exactly happy at the moment given all that's going on in our country, but this week we're talking about #NoBanNoWall, #DeleteUber, and the kind of self-sacrifice it will take for us to actually change things. Tune in! Links: Just in case you're looking for recent articles about #DeleteUber and how it's affecting Lyft... The NYT's take on things is … [Read more...]
Uncolorblind 002: Women’s March and Racial-Profiling
We're back with Episode 2 of Uncolorblind the Podcast! In this episode, you will: Understand why we didn't participate in the Women's March; and Learn about Lawrence Crosby, a black Ph.D student at Northwestern University, and how his education did not save him from racial-profiling Links: There are several articles about Lawrence Crosby's incident. See below. ABC … [Read more...]
Uncolorblind 001: White Men on the Bottom of the Totem Pole
It's our blog anniversary! We don't do anything small, so in order to celebrate our anniversary...we're launching a podcast. Summary: Two black women lawyers and champions for diversity and inclusion discuss all things related to being a person of color in corporate America. And we do all of this with lots of humor, straight talk, and flair. Join us! Links: The NYT article we … [Read more...]