Chika Okoro
TED Speaker | Diversity & Inclusion Advocate
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Chika Okoro is a diversity and inclusion advocate who has inspired millions through her TED Talks. As the founder of Inclusify, Okoro works with organizations to build more equitable and representative workplaces.
Her insights on unconscious bias, allyship, and racial justice have empowered audiences worldwide. Okoro's keynotes provide actionable strategies for creating cultures of belonging, drawing on her experiences as a social impact leader and her background in sociology.
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How colorism shapes our standards of beauty
When Chika Okoro read the casting call for one of her favorite films, she noticed that actresses with darker skin were assigned lesser roles —prompting her to address a phenomenon she'd experienced all her life: colorism. In this eye-opening talk, Okoro shares coping strategies along with steps that could help eliminate this insidious and destructive mindset of discrimination.
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