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Diversity in the Raw

The upheaval, the pain, the riots, the chaos we’ve seen in our country in recent months all point to the need for radical change when it comes to racism and inclusion. We must speak out and we must speak honestly. With the "Diversity in the Raw" project, we’re asking our readers to join us in sharing first-person accounts, ideas, solutions and triumphs, all with the goal of finding solutions and a path forward.

Diversity in the Raw

Introducing the 'Diversity in the Raw' Project

Samantha Joseph | January 15, 2021

The upheaval, the pain, the riots, the chaos we’ve seen in our country in recent months all point to the need for radical change when it comes to racism and inclusion. We must speak out. We need brutal honesty about race and the law, and then a meeting of the minds to find solutions.

Diversity in the Raw

'Kneeling on My Neck': How a Moment Became an Eye-Opener for a White Man

Thomas Phillips | April 23, 2021

If racism is an iceberg—a little seen above water, with much more unreported below—what we felt was the summer breeze that blows across the tip and gets a little cooler.
Diversity in the Raw

'Professional Tightrope’: Lawyer Opens Up About Pressure to Conform

Loreal A. Arscott | January 20, 2021

"The first step is the conversation. The next step is action," writes Loreal A. Arscott, owner and principal of the Miami-based L.A. Law Firm.
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‘Do They Really Give a Damn?’ Leah Ward Sears Is Tired of Talking About This

Samantha Joseph | January 11, 2021

With an Ivy League education, an initial rise to the bench at 27 and her first victory before the state Supreme Court by age 36, Sears crafted a distinguished career as an attorney, jurist and elected official.
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Profile

'Professional Loneliness': A Woman Is Disrupting the Insurance Sector

Samantha Joseph | November 24, 2020

“There was not even a women’s bathroom,” Sophia Yen said.

Diversity in the Raw

I Used To Cry in the Parking Garage at Work. Here's Why I'm Talking About It Now

Samantha Joseph | November 12, 2020

If you ask me for one specific thing, one single inappropriate thing that she’d said or done—something concretely wrong—I’d have nothing to hold up to the light of your scrutiny.