The Promise of Diversity: Over 40 Voices Discuss Strategies for Eliminating Discrimination in Organizations

Edited by Elsie Y. Cross, Judith H. Katz, Frederick A. Miller (Managing Editor), Edith W. Seashore

(Irwin Professional Publishing/NTL Institute, 1994)

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This groundbreaking collection of insightful essays represents the best thinking on diversity issues by the people who are defining the field. It is a contemporary, future-focused anthology that represents the views of over 40 leaders, researchers, and practitioners who are actively working to address issues of oppression and diversity in organizations. Their enlightening essays cover such topics as:

  • Throwing away the "melting pot" idea and regarding diversity as a strength.

  • Optimizing the value of individual difference through an organizational systems approach.

  • Developing cross-gender partnerships.

  • The white male's current position at the intersection of race and gender.

  • Sexual orientation as a work force diversity issue.

  • The problems faced by white women and women of color.