#2: DE&I and Racism
Diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as continuing interest in racism in the channel, in aggregate, land in the No. 2 spot in our countdown.
Channel Futures was proud to establish our first-ever DE&I 101 list this year. It honors individuals from multicultural backgrounds who are working to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the ICT channel.
Meantime, a trio of posts about racist behavior in tech caught your eye. The first, from a story in May, involved UK-based distributor Exertis, where a former employee filed suit after allegedly being the victim of repeated bullying, including colleagues calling him an “Arab shoe bomber.”
Another, from February, involved an Alteryx CRO who posted a tweet with racist undertones. He was out of a job a week later.
And you continued to click on a similar story from 2020. It involved a racist rant by a tech CEO directed toward an Asian family at a Bay Area restaurant. That CEO resigned shortly after.
