Who Pays for Diversity?: An Evening with Oneya Fennell Okuwobi
Schedule
Tue, 03 Jun, 2025 at 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
414 Walnut Street 11th Floor , Cincinnati, OH, United States, Ohio 45202 | Cincinnati, OH
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How diversity initiatives harm employees of color by turning them into workplace commodities.Diversity programs are under attack. Should those interested in racial justice fight to keep them, or might there be another way forward? Who Pays for Diversity? reveals the costs that employees of color pay under current programs by having their racial identities commodified to benefit white people and institutions. Oneya Fennell Okuwobi proposes fresh and thoughtful ways to reorient these initiatives, move beyond tokenism, and authentically center marginalized employees.
Drawing on accounts of employees from across the workplace spectrum, from corporations to churches to universities, Who Pays for Diversity? details how the optics of diversity programs undermine employees' competence while diminishing their well-being and workplace productivity. Okuwobi argues that diversity programs have been a costly detour on the path to racial justice, and getting back on track requires solutions that provide equity, dignity, and agency to all employees, instead of defending the status quo.
6 pm reception/6:30 pm program
Free & open to the public. Registration required.
Copies of Who Pays for Diversity? will be available for sale & signing courtesy of Joseph-Beth Cincinnati.
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Where is it happening?
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