On March 30, Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Evanna Hu was interviewed by Government Matters in a segment titled “Diversity is mission-critical, says Omelas CEO.” Hu discusses the group she created for Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in national security, which is spreading awareness for the intensified ethnic profiling they have seen with Covid-19 and the rise of great-power competition.
Diversity is actually mission-critical, especially for national security.
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