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DEI Training Should Include Motherhood

Mothers are Black, Asian, Gay, Indian, Transgender, Latina, and Lesbian among other racial, ethnic and religious groups, as well as white, or heteronormative. What’s more, individuals from diverse cultural groups who are mothers experience even more bias and disadvantages than white women. This is what Reshma Saujani, author of Pay Up calls a “double whammy bias.” Indeed. Black mothers, for example, face possible discrimination on three fronts: her skin color, her gender, and now, her status as a mom. For this reason, DEI programs and training must include mothers.

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