Linton Authors Article on Diversity & Inclusion

Society 54’s Senior Director of Communications & Operations, Cecilia Linton, recently authored a timely article entitled, “Six Steps to Getting Out from Under the Covers Regarding Diversity & Inclusion.” This piece fleshes out Cecilia’s personal thought process leading up to the writing of the article, shares statistics and initiatives regarding D&I in the legal industry, and offers readers some practical steps for making steps toward progress within their own spheres of influence.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about diversity and inclusion. Like most people who are not Black, I have been contemplating my own allyship and have realized so much about where and how I might still be unknowingly contributing to systemic issues of race. This may appear odd since I am a person of color; but I’m a Latina, and in the current atmosphere, it seems wrong for me to say that things are not always equitable in my world when there are life and death issues of race for Black people.

When trying to distill racist ideas that have been around for literally ages, you can get overwhelmed and confused about the direction to take to be part of the solution. I can legitimately say that I reached a “crawl under the covers” stage where I just didn’t want to look anymore at any of what has been going on in the world. So, for me, step one has been to stop trying to ignore the problem; get out from under the covers and admit there is an issue. I know this is obvious but really looking at the problem is different than just acknowledging it exists.

Read the entire article here on JD Supra.