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Race has often been a topic businesses would rather not talk about. But recent events have prompted American CEOs to write impassioned letters and to make public

commitments to do better in redressing racial inequality.

The hundred largest US companies have committed $1.6 billion to organizations fighting racism

and inequality since the death of George Floyd.

But that doesn't get to the core of the problem.

USA Inc today is dominated by white faces.

African Americans occupy only a tiny proportion of executive positions in America's biggest companies.

Businesses still have an enormous task ahead of them.

You're listening to Money Talks on Economist Radio, on weekly podcast on the markets, the economy and the world of business.

I'm Patrick Lane, Deputy Digital Editor and The Economist.

Coming up on today's show, what can corporations do to tackle racism?

If senior leadership were held accountable for developing people, mentoring people, people,

just as they are accountable

for reaching a certain bottom-line business results,

then I think we might begin to see some change.

And the economic history behind racial inequality in America.

Whenever there is progress towards equality in America it seems to be

almost inevitably followed by a racist backlash. While I've been fortunate to run a successful company as a CEO and co-founder, on a level I'm an African-American male and I very well could have been George Floyd I very well could have been a number of people that didn't have sort of a camera recording them so that the world

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