Although there has been some progress as it relates to the "old" diversity model, there is much more to do. What would happen if corporate America began to view diversity in this very macro manner? How easy it would become to have the singular issue of workforce diversity then stand in an even longer line to receive appropriate attention and priority.

Where would corporate America place workforce diversity if they had a legitimate context within which to reduce it's significance and corporate priority? What if they had to decide whether to "do diversity" or "restructure?" The potential certainly exists and I believe that history teaches us, that unless these issues are "in your face" they rarely receive attention.

I recommend that you read this book and ask yourself: Should it be viewed as a resource for business management or a resource for diversity? Then simply ask yourself from the perspective of your race and gender: Where does this approach take us? Better yet, ask yourself: Where does this approach leave us?

Black Issue In Higher Education

Top Ten Books Weeks Last

On Campus                                     Weeks        Last

                                              On List    Position

1. AND THIS TOO SHALL PASS                       19         1

E. Lynn Harris -- Anchor/Doubleday, $23.95

2. WHEN DEATH COMES STEALING                     30         2

Valerie Wilson Wesley -- G.P. Putnam

& Sons, $5.99

3. WAITING TO EXHALE                             28         3

Terry McMillan -- Pocket Books, $6.99

4. COFFEE WILL MAKE YOU BLACK                    20         4

April Sinclair -- Avon, $10

5. SOUL VIBRATIONS                                4         5

George Davis and Gilda

Matthews -- Quill/William Morrow, $10

6. WILD EMBERS                                    4         6

Anita Richmond Bunkley -- Signer, $5.99

7. NEVER SATISFIED: HOW AND WHY MEN CHEAT        30         7

Michael Baisden -- Legacy Publishing, $13.95

8. ACTS OF FAITH: DAILY MEDITATIONS              70         8

FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR

Iyanla Vanzant -- Fireside/Simon

& Schuster, $9

9. BODY AND SOUL: THE BLACK WOMEN'S              44         9

GUIDE TO PHYSICAL HEALTH AND

EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING

Linda Villarosa -- Harper/Perennial, $20

10. KRIK? KRAK!                                  10        10

Edwidge Danticat -- Random House, $11.00

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