Pamela Newkirk

New York University; author of “Diversity, Inc: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business”

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; professor of journalism at New York University; author of “Diversity, Inc: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business.” 

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Players in the NFL are 70% black, but when it comes to head coaching jobs, they’re mostly shut out. Of the 32 teams, there are currently three black coaches and one Latino.

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