How has the United States, in the last few decades, focused on equality both socially and professionally? How many organizations have hired diversity officers, developed training programs, and charged human resources with creating a strategy to reduce representation disparities?

• How much of this focus has been on equality?
• What have been some of the benefits of these efforts?
• What challenges (if any) might these efforts have faced?
• What challenges (if any) might these efforts have created?
• How might the impact of these efforts be different if they were focused on equity instead of equality?