Black Real Estate Executives Seek Lasting Change in Diversity
- Goldman’s Anadu, Clarion’s Payne describe experiencing racism
- ‘I hope this our Stonewall, I hope this is our #MeToo’
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Black real estate executives, sharing their experiences of systemic racism, said Tuesday they’re seeking lasting change from the current spotlight on inequality in the U.S.
“I hope deeply it’s a movement” and not a moment, Margaret Anadu, a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner and head of its Urban Investment Group, said on a Zoom panel hosted by New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate. “When the rage subsides just a little bit and you’re in the phase of trying to be constructive, you look around and you’re like, ‘My firm’s not diverse, my bosses are not diverse.’”