A Glamour magazine staffer has touched off a firestorm by calling natural black hair a "Glamour Don't." Curly hair comes second to black skin as an identifier of racial heritage. Should women executives be forced to hide it? (more)
Today's Features
All in the Family? Obama and Dick Cheney Are Cousins Barack Obama has family ties with Dick Cheney? Hillary Clinton is courting blacks with talk of "another Clinton presidency." Obama Muslim rumor circulates on the Internet. Read this week's presidential roundup for issues of concern to you. (more)
Is It Too Soon for Imus Comeback? Today's Headlines (10/17): Is It Too Soon for Imus Comeback? Univision GOP Debate Rescheduled: Who Will Attend? Transgender Woman Fights With IRS Over Qualifying Sex-Change Tax Deduction; Gatorade to Partner With Tiger Woods; Should Schools Fund Religious-Student Clubs? Farrakhan Urges Blacks to Drop Materialism (more)
This Week's Most Read Stories on DiversityInc!
DiversityInc Noose Watch Although the Jena 6 incident has provoked the most national outrage, the increasing use of nooses in the workplace, in schools, and in public places signifies that Jim Crow is alive and well in this country. DiversityInc is instigating the first national Noose Watch to show you recent noose incidents and increase public awareness of this dangerous racist trend. (more)
Nooses In the Ivy League: Columbia Students to Protest A noose was found on the door of the office of a black Columbia University professor. Why have nooses, symbols of racial hatred and violence, become so pervasive that they now are invading the Ivy League? (more)
Your Worst Customer-Service Experiences Ever What's your worst customer-service experience ever? We invited DiversityInc readers to share their stories after media executive and "serious shopper" Jennifer Randolph told us about being profiled in a high-end department store. Here's what they said. (more)
