Arriving at Diversity. Next stop, Inclusion. Final destination, Equity.
Diversity is only the first stop en route to equity, writes Katy Eng, national head of Diverse, Omnicom Media Group, ANZ.
Diversity has always been a part of my upbringing as a bi-racial American woman who grew up in predominantly Anglo-Celtic areas and migrated to Australia 11 years ago.
A quick scan of my AncestryDNA results will show my mother’s heritage (English, Scottish, Irish and Germanic), has mixed with my Dad’s Chinese background giving me a near 50/50 split.
Until I was twelve, I never lived near my Chinese-American relatives and I had zero Asian friends. My mother always did her best to celebrate our heritage and was a big appreciator of the culture, but it was something I recognised within myself privately rather than felt outwardly.
