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Black CEOs promise to create a million black jobs, but here's the problem

Author
Dr Boyce Watkins
Published
Sat 12 Dec 2020
Episode Link
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smart-black-people/episodes/Black-CEOs-promise-to-create-a-million-black-jobs--but-heres-the-problem-ennjqa

According to Black Enterprise:   "OneTen was founded by Ken Chenault, Chairman and Managing Director of General Catalyst and former Chairman and CEO of American Express; Ken Frazier, Chairman and CEO of Merck; Charles Phillips, Managing Partner of Recognize, Chairman of the Black Economic Alliance, and former CEO of Infor; Ginni Rometty, Executive Chairman and former CEO of IBM; and Kevin Sharer, former Chairman and CEO of Amgen and former faculty member at Harvard Business School.  “This is a moment in time for Americans to move past our divisions to come together and reach our full potential as a nation. Our country’s workforce of the future will be an increasingly diverse one,” said Frazier in a written statement. “Through the creation of 1 million jobs for Black Americans over the next 10 years, OneTen has the potential to address persistent intergenerational gaps in opportunity..."

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