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“As a Black woman who works at Adidas, my experiences have never been business as usual.”
Julia Bond, an assistant apparel designer at the sportswear giant, says she had resigned herself to experiencing and witnessing racism at work — until she saw the George Floyd video.
Today, we speak to Ms. Bond, a woman who has brought the global racial reckoning to the company’s front door.
Wanting more than just policies and programs, she has been protesting in front of the company’s Portland headquarters every day since June, awaiting an apology from leadership and an admission that they have enabled racism and discrimination.
On today’s episode:
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Julia Bond, assistant apparel designer at Adidas, who has been protesting outside the company’s Portland headquarters for the last three months.
Background reading:
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Adidas has made a number of pledges to diversify its work force. However, Black employees want more: an admission that the company’s leadership has enabled racism and an apology.
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From Facebook’s pledge to double the number of Black and Latinx employees by 2023 to YouTube creating a $100 million fund for Black creators, organizations across the U.S. have committed to redressing racial imbalance.
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