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ISAE Annual Convention July 16 th , 2003. Tired of Being Politically Correct about Issues of Diversity?. 607B South Main St. #101•Normal, IL 61761-5506•(309) 827-0540•Fax (309) 827-0560. E-mail: LewCon98@aol.com·Website: www.lewisconsulting.org. Diversity Defined.
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ISAE Annual Convention July 16th, 2003 Tired of Being Politically Correct about Issues of Diversity? 607B South Main St. #101•Normal, IL 61761-5506•(309) 827-0540•Fax (309) 827-0560 E-mail: LewCon98@aol.com·Website: www.lewisconsulting.org
Diversity Defined Recognizing, appreciating, valuing, and utilizing the unique talents and contributions of all individuals.
Think you Know Don’t Know Know Don’t Know You Don’t Know
What Do You Know? 58% Growth of the Latino population over the past decade 2000 U.S. Census 54 Million-Number of Americans with disabilities 2000 U.S. Census
What Do You Know? 13.2% Americans who identify as Latino, representing 35.3 million people. (2000 U.S. Census) 12.9% Americans who identify as black or African American, a total of 34.7 million people. (2000 U.S. Census)
What Do You Know? 15 million Number of self-identified gays and lesbians nationwide according to surveys. (Witeck-Combs and Harris interactive) $645.9 billion Estimated buying power of African Americans in 2002 (The Selig center for economic growth at the University of Georgia)
What Do You Know? $296.4 billion Estimated buying power of Asian Americans in 2002 (The Selig center for economic growth at the University of Georgia) 74% Number of Latinos tuning into Spanish-language television each week (Hispanic Opinion Tracker 2001)
Lewis Consulting Group, Inc. 607B S. Main Street Suite #101 Normal, IL 61761-5506 (309) 827-0540 www.lewisconsulting.org Thank you for attending the “Tired of Being Politically Correct about issues of Diversity” Session