Citi and Uber Delete ‘Anti-Racist’ Language From Their Filings

The corporate-speak about diversity is getting an update.

On the way out: Phrases like “anti-racist,” “unconscious bias” and “mandatory allyship.”

On the way in: Softer, vaguer terms designed to avoid controversy — or, as often as not, no terms at all.

Take Uber Technologies Inc. Not long ago, the ride-share giant said it wasn’t enough for the company to be not racist. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, Uber promised to be anti-racist — a squishy term encompassing efforts to counter systemic racial prejudice.

Now, “anti-racist” has been struckfrom its latest corporate filings. Similar edits ...