armiel's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexism and Sexual harassment
beulah_devaney's review against another edition
4.0
If you're involved in any social justice stuff at work (whether that's women in tech, lgbt+ groups or just providing the odd quote to recruitment about how the office isn't a total cesspit to work in), this is a must-read.
The writing is a bit formulaic and very US-centric but the content is very useful and it's the first time I've seen both a history of employee-pressure groups and a non-depressing breakdown of why they don't really work. It's a book that left me (even more) cynical about traditional ERG (Employee Resource Groups) but feeling better prepared to push for actual, positive change at work.
The writing is a bit formulaic and very US-centric but the content is very useful and it's the first time I've seen both a history of employee-pressure groups and a non-depressing breakdown of why they don't really work. It's a book that left me (even more) cynical about traditional ERG (Employee Resource Groups) but feeling better prepared to push for actual, positive change at work.
vanillafire's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
dannielynnfountain's review against another edition
5.0
We’re one week out from pub day! Thank you so much to everyone who reads Ending Checkbox Diversity, I’m grateful for your support on this author journey. This book was written to challenge you, so I’m confident you’ll disagree with me along the way, that’s the point
mmarques's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
This is an interesting book, but needs to be expanded on to be more useful. The main points of this book are that an annual training session on DEI and corporate policies is insufficient, and that performative celebration of underrepresented groups only during their appointed month are insufficient.
The author gives some ideas on how to improve DEI to work on real improvements, but her suggestions are limited and lack concrete examples. For example, she says that DEI training should be ongoing, but doesn’t give examples of what it might cover and what are expected outcomes.
The author gives some ideas on how to improve DEI to work on real improvements, but her suggestions are limited and lack concrete examples. For example, she says that DEI training should be ongoing, but doesn’t give examples of what it might cover and what are expected outcomes.
kyumgi's review
2.5
it's not so much what the book is saying, but how the book is saying it. fountain spends too much time saying "here's what this book will accomplish" and only backs it up in say, 100 pages. the rhetoric and format of this book is too reminiscent of books like white tears/brown scars, and there's such a lack of originality behind fountain's words, i can't tell if she genuinely believes what she's saying or is just repeating what people around her are. the main events of each chapter were interesting and conversation-inducing, but as harsh as this is, i really don't think her take on corporate america was that necessary, which is disappointing given her position at google. a better effort would have been supporting someone who could put these things into much better words than she can. i get what the title means, but it's also ironic. i won a digital copy of this book from the storygraph giveaways, so i assume the breaks in between paragraphs are intentional and in the physical copy as well. they were such a big giveaway that fountain is not a writer, and this would have been a much better article or listicle instead. given fountain's position's and the lack of reviews by people who didn't receive an ARC or are not obviously fountain's acquaintances, i just really think this book was for the sake of saying fountain wrote a book on diversity and inclusion.