Charlamagne claimed studies showed diversity efforts had backfired at companies across the U.S. and actually created worse work environments for Black employees.
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“Over 900 studies have shown that DEI programs don’t make the workplace better for minorities. In fact, it can actually make things worse because of the backlash effect,” he claimed.
“But the biggest failure of DEI is that the number of Black people in power at big companies is basically the same as it was five years ago,” he said.
Several reports show how DEI jobs took a hit in 2023 after equity initiatives became very popular in the corporate world following the social justice movement fueled by the death of George Floyd in 2020.