re: District Donuts posted an apology on IG

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If black people aren't applying for employment at a particular business or in a particular industry, what can you really do?

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I’m not surprised by this. At some point many of us have worked in the service industry in some capacity, and this site tends to skew white in my limited experience. I’d wager that many of us have not worked in a service industry position where we would have been the only white person surrounded by people of color. I’m making an assumption here, but why haven’t we applied for those jobs? Possibly because we would feel out of place? That’s probably the experience of people of color in primarily white establishments, I’d guess, and probably why they aren’t lining up to apply.

I don’t think the move is hire one person of color and call it a day, you hire a diverse staff, and you put it out there that such hiring practices are your goal. It’s not about fulfilling quotas, but bringing in different types of people, and empowering them to use their voices for the betterment of the business. You don’t just put people of color in the front of the house for visibility, but have people of color throughout the business where they organically fit. I’d support a place that hired in that way. But, again, I’m probably in the minority here, and I’m definitely out of my depth speculating about hiring practices. Not a small business owner, so I’m just trying to think of what could work in an ideal world.