How the only 4 black CEOs who lead Fortune 500 companies are responding to George Floyd's death and the civil unrest in America
"What the African American community sees in that videotape is that this African American man, who could be me or any other African American man, is being treated as less than human," he said.
"Even though we don't have laws that separate people on the basis of race anymore, we still have customs, we still have beliefs, we still have policies and practices that lead to inequities," he added. Frazier joined Merck & Co. in 1992. He held various positions, including general counsel and president, before being appointed CEO in 2011.
"I know for sure that what put my life on a different trajectory was that someone intervened to give me an opportunity, to close that opportunity gap," he said. "And that opportunity gap is still there."On May 30, Marvin Ellison wrote an open letter to his team, in which he recalled growing up in the segregated South. In the letter, he said he has "personal understanding of the fear and frustration" many people are feeling during this time.
"To overcome the challenges that we all face, we must use our voices and demand that ignorance and racism must come to an end," he said. "This is a time to come together, to support one another and, through partnership, begin to heal."
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