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Infographic of the Day: How Segregated is Your City?

Every city is integrated (and segregated) in unique ways.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Japan, the Strange Country [UPDATED]

A beautiful animation about the quirks of Japanese life and culture.READ»

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ComScore's New Study Finds Dope on "Movie Junkies"

Research group comScore released its study on "movie junkies" yesterday that surveyed the behavior of 500,000 moviegoers who bought tickets online in September 2009.READ»

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Common Interview Surprise: Illegal Questions

More than half of job seekers report being asked an illegal question during a job interview.That eye-opener comes from a Yahoo! HotJobs online poll, in which 62% of respondents reported being on the receiving end of a question about a ...READ»

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The Death of the Digital Divide--Or a New One?

Is it premature to toll the bells for the death of the digital divide? I've been speaking to corporations and nonprofits for several years now, citing various statistics such as those found at eMarketer, which is a great source for ...READ»

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The Racism that Resides within us causes the “F” Bomb!

“Racism is conditioned by economic imperatives, but negotiated through culture: religion, literature, art, science and the media… Once, they demonized the blacks to justify slavery. Then they demonized the “colored” to justify colonialism. Today, they demonize asylum seekers to justify the ways of globalism. And, in the age of the media… demonization sets out the parameters of popular culture within which such exclusion finds its own rationale — usually under the guise of xenophobia, the fear of strangers.” READ»

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Racial Discrimination California

Racial discrimination has never been something that any nation is proud to proclaim exists within its borders. READ»

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What Are You Doing About It?

How important is it for brands to give back to the communities that make up their target markets?READ»

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Urban Lifestyle Demographic: Walking Through Colorblind Corridors With the '80s Babies

If today's youth are truly a colorblind demographic, how does that influence the way brands should market to them?READ»

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What does it mean to be “underrepresented” in technology? by Caroline Simard

Last week, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology released a report on underrepresented minorities in the high-tech industry. In the report, I present the results of our survey of seven high-tech companies in Silicon ...READ»

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Shawn Baldwin from CMG with Nobel Laureate Dr. Gary S. Becker

Shawn Baldwin from CMG in Chicago with Dr. Gary Becker at the 2009 Milken Global ConferenceREAD»

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The United States of America - A Global Model for Embracing Diversity?

  On the eve of an historic event, we pose an important question, “Can the US be considered a role model to other nations with regard to diversity and leadership?”   We asked ourselves this question after reading a recent ...READ»

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IBM - a Case for Inclusion by Telle Whitney, CEO Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

IBM is viewed by many, including me, as the Gold Standard for a company that reinvented itself in order to meet its business objectives, but whose culture was transformed to be inclusive to all of its employees. Their story is ...READ»

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Why Sexist/Offensive Comments Online Should Not Be Tolerated

Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0 article caused a minor uproar in the Digg community when I called out several commenters who posted comments that I, and many of the women I interviewed for the piece, found overtly sexist and/or ...READ»

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Towards a Unified Theory of Black America

March 20, 2005 Toward a Unified Theory of Black America By STEPHEN J. DUBNER oland G. Fryer Jr. is 27 years old and he is an assistant professor of economics at Harvard and he is black. Yes, 27 is young to be ...READ»

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Obama’s Fate: Can Effective Mobilization Override a Bradley Effect?

As we head into the election on November 4, 2008, many people are wondering whether we will see a “Bradley Effect.” Currently in national polls, Obama is leading McCain by a healthy margin. But will his race as an African ...READ»

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Shame On Taco Bell and KFC

This morning I read AdAge's article about Taco Bell's stupidity - 50 Cent Sues Taco Bell Over Value-Menu Stunt - and could not believe a company would risk such damage to their brand by offending an entire race of people in an effort ...READ»

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End Marketing Apartheid Now

The meteoric rise of Barack Obama juxtaposed with the viral infection of Michael Richards and Don Imus brings to mind the stereotypes that have long plagued the business of marketing. READ»

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Head Firmly in the Sand: Carbon Belch Day

Need an example of head-in-the-sand behavior!  June 12, I found out on the radio tonight, was Carbon Belch Day: Proud of their antisocial tendencies, these yo-yos wanted to be as environmentally destructive as possible that ...READ»

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Careers: Personal Branding and Barack Obama

Once in a while politicians break through the noose that keep them on message and speak in a way that transcends the daily grind to hit fundamental truths. Senator Barack Obama did so yesterday, and in doing so, seized the moment. ...READ»

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The Brand Called Obama

Win or lose, Barack Obama's rise changes business as usual for everyone. Here's why.READ»

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Does Ethnocentricity Sell? Part 2: Niche Media

February and Black History Month are just about over, so, building upon my last post about Black History Month and advertising, I'd like to discuss the topic of ethnicity in niche media markets. Advertising tied to Black ...READ»

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Does Ethnocentricity Sell? Part 1: Advertising

Black History Month is almost over, so I figure I'd tackle this topic while we're still in February. Maybe it's because I'm not watching as much TV, but I haven't seen nearly as many ads saying "We Celebrate Black History ...READ»

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A Change Will Do You Good

The guardians of big business are defending their fortress against an army of interlopers whose needs and opinions clash with tradition. Two new books examine what this intrusion means to corporate insiders -- and outsiders.READ»

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The New Face of Leadership

Steve Miller marshaled a diverse group of Royal Dutch/Shell employees to transform the company's operations in Europe. Now, as president, chairman of the board, and CEO of Shell Oil Co., he is using that same grassroots approach to meet a new challenge: diversity itself.READ»