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Jesse Jackson Scolded Facebook About its Lack of Progress on Diversity

Business Insider Jun 1 2017 BoardNews

The Reverend Jesse Jackson took Facebook to task on Thursday over the lack of diversity among its board of directors.

Speaking at the company's annual shareholder meeting, Jackson noted that he'd addressed Facebook's board on the same subject at the same meeting two years ago. The makeup of Facebook's board hasn't changed since then. As he noted, Facebook still doesn't have any blacks, Latinos or Asians on its board...
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