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        <title><![CDATA[Anna Branch - Bloomberg Opinion Guest Columnist]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Anna Branch is a professor of sociology and senior vice president for equity at Rutgers University. She serves on several diversity and inclusion advisory boards and is the co-author of "Work in Black and White: Striving for the American Dream.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[An Exodus of Black Women in Academia Hurts the Workforce]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[If students don’t see diverse presidents and deans, they will enter their careers believing that leadership can only be synonymous with whiteness.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Diversity Attacks Make Black Workers Unfair Targets]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Businesses must respond to backlash against their DEI efforts or risk their bottom lines.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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