To Fight Racial Inequality, We Have to Attack the Power of Corporations
Since the uprising against police brutality and racial injustice erupted in late May, corporations have been falling all over each other to prove their anti-racist bona fides. The international accounting giant KPMG published a blog post by a senior associate explaining why he celebrates Juneteenth. The fruit snack brand Gushers, owned by General Mills, tweeted “Gushers wouldn’t be Gushers without the Black community and your voices.” Even the Business Roundtable got in on the action, proclaiming itself “deeply concerned about the racial bias that continues to plague our society.”
Unfortunately...