DISNEY AND DIVERSITY!Amtheyst Floyd

ARTICLE REVIEW

ARTICLE Disney is number 38 on the list of

companies with the most diversity.

The article talks about the amazing difference Disney is making towards having a more diverse faculty.

Many women are hired in managerial positions.

ARTICLE CONT.• Disney has 31% higher amount of

Latinos in managerial positions than the Top 10

• Works with employee resource groups for women.

• Disney prides themselves on their inclusiveness.

COLOR DISCRIMINATION

IT’S NOT A RACE! Disney was recognized to be named one of

Profiles in Diversity Journal’s Diversity Leaders of 2015.

Paul Richardson, an African American man, is the chief diversity officer.

He explains in an interview that he is often looking for people who share the same view as Disney, and that it is important to look everywhere, not only in cultures that look like you.

THE NEW LATINA PRINCESS To reference back to the original

article: Promotions for Lantinos into

management are 31% higher than the Top 10 and 76.5% higher than the Top 50

Latinos actually in management is 28.8% higher than the Top 10 and 55.6% higher than the Top 50.

Many employees are happy now knowing that they are not only important to the business, but also to the entertainment of children. For example, the new Latina princess, Elena of Avalor.

THAT BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW

WAVING THE PRIDE FLAG Disney scored a 100% on the Human Rights

Campaign in 2012. This means Disney demonstrated LGBT

competency. Allowing and supporting Disneyland Resort

Diversity Resource Group PRIDE. PRIDE – People Respecting Individuals

Diversities in Everyone

FLOWER POWER

THE WORKING WOMAN Global Workplace and Women’s

Initiative (GWWI) works with Disney. They focus on expanding opportunities for women in business.

The employees resource group (ERG) for women, or otherwise known as Women@Disney, has over 2,000 members from the last three years alone.

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR… Glass Ceiling is a term that describes an

unofficial acknowledge barrier to advancement in profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities.

Disney appears to not experience this is any article from my research.

They treat and promote each gender, race, person with equal treatment.

THERE’S ALWAYS ONE LEFT OUT

THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED No article explains in any manner the

treatment or equality of those physically disabled.

One article explained that Disney was sued by mothers of 16 children and young adults with physical disabilities.

After they were confronted with such a scandal, they did make a large change to accommodate with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE There was a process that allowed people with

disabilities to use an app that held their place in line so they were not forced to stand, which was not possible for some.

This app only held the place at one attraction at a time. Disney was led to believe that too many people were taking advantage of the app so that they could do other things instead of wait and still reap the benefits.

Those who were suing said that Disney was trying to, “cleanse its parks of what Disney views as the anti-Magic of such persons’ stimming, tics and meltdowns.”

ON A LOWER LEVEL Many of the employees did not know how to

react to the children. Stimming is not a well known action that

means self-stimulatory behavior This includes hand-flapping, rocking back and

forth, and repeating certain words. Lack of representation and lack of exposure

to people of the disabled community. This leads me to believe that Disney is not

quite diverse as much as they pride themselves on. Like any other company, there is room to grow and learn.

QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS Why does Disney pride themselves on

inclusiveness but does not create an easier environment for customers with physical disabilities?

Does Disney ever feel the need to go big and beyond for celebrating diversity?

Is diversity of employees always in the forefront of their mind?

QUESTIONS CONT. Despite having diversity, do the employees

really feel accepted? When celebrating the diversity of the

princesses, do they employees join along and or are they celebrated too?

What other types of biased do employees face that we the outsiders cannot understand?

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