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OPINION: Large corporates whose business has thrived because of inequalities, could be hijacking the anti-racist movement by offering money and not tangible changes.

out a customer for racism. Gates and Bezos don’t appear to be in a hurry, however, to support the reconstruction of an economic system which has resulted in their combined wealth exceeding the total wealth of 47.8 million African Americans. Paradoxically, Gates, who now says black lives matter also seesWhere do we go from here? The gesture from corporations and the ultra-rich is not a vice, and it might be well intended.

A clear distinction needs to be made between corporate diversity and racial equality. With the ongoing protests, corporates are adopting token solutions towards racial equality by promoting a few black faces in their organisations to showcase the progress they are making. Symbolic gesture solves nothing other than creating a class of black faces in high places.

 

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