By Chris Menahan
One of the fastest-growing careers in America is that of diversity officer, according to data from LinkedIn.
From LinkedIn:
Protests sparked by the police-involved shootings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor caused organizations around the world to reckon with systemic racism and a lack of diversity in positions of power. Companies — large and small — turned to diversity experts who could help them bring new voices into their organizations. Hiring for these roles increased more than 90% since 2019.
Top job titles: Diversity Manager, Diversity Officer, Head of Diversity, Diversity Coordinator | Skills: Community Outreach, Teaching, Organizational Development | Top Locations Hiring: New York City, San Francisco, Chicago | Education: 99% of hires have a bachelor’s degree or higher | Salary Range: $72,900 – $97,000 | Remote job availability: Low
This is basically what the job consists of:
This is the type of “training” diversity officers provide:
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: Coca-Cola is forcing employees to complete online training telling them to “try to be less white.”
These images are from an internal whistleblower: pic.twitter.com/gRi4N20esZ
— Karlyn supports banning critical race theory in NH (@DrKarlynB) February 19, 2021
Teaching Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (DIE) can be extremely lucrative.
Robert Sellers, the chief diversity officer at the University of Michigan, is paid $407,653 a year.
Jabbar Bennett, vice president/chief diversity and inclusion officer at Michigan State University, is paid around $300,000 a year and gets a $700 “monthly vehicle allowance.”
Antonio Farias, chief diversity officer at the University of Florida, is paid around $280,000 a year.
Liz Tovar, executive officer for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the University of Iowa, is paid $250,000 a year.
Gigi Secuban, vice president for diversity and inclusion at Ohio University, is paid nearly $200,000 a year.
Who, again, are the people with “privilege?”
This article originally appeared on Information Liberation.