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L’Oreal Thompson Payton|Essays
‘Misogynoir is a distraction’: Moya Bailey on why Kamala Harris (or any U.S. president) is not going to save us
In a 1975 keynote address at Portland State University, Nobel Prize winner and prolific American novelist Toni Morrison stated unequivocally: “The function, the very serious function of racism, is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.” Nearly 50 years later, author, activist, … Continued
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Ellen McGirt|Essays
I’m looking for a dad in finance
It’s Nobel Prize season. (Big dramatic sigh.)
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Brian Collins|Opinions
Design sinking
Add to the mix a blinkered “human-centered” focus, and brace for a reductionist disaster.
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Delaney Rebernik|Education
Marshall “Mr. P” Pollard and The Creative School
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Ellen McGirt|Essays
Navigating the fraught new reality of DEI
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L’Oreal Thompson Payton|Profiles
Celebrating Black History, Joy, and Creativity Through the Art of Flowers
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Ellen McGirt|Essays
It’s Time to Find Your People
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Jennifer White-Johnson|Books
Amplifying Accessibility and Abolishing Ableism: Designing to Embolden Black Disability Visual Culture
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Adrian Shaughnessy|Books
What is Post-Branding: The Never Ending Race
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