{"id":13801,"date":"2020-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/news\/can-companies-be-anti-racist"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:00:52","slug":"can-companies-be-anti-racist","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/can-companies-be-anti-racist","title":{"rendered":"Can companies be \u201canti-racist?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\" id=\"block_1416630406fe19502336a863cbb89807\">\n    <div><span><\/span><\/div>\n    <p>Eliminate the notion of privilege, [that] some people are better than others.<\/p>\n    <cite class=\"blockquote__attribution\">\n                    <span class=\"blockquote__name\">JOHN CHUANG, AQUENT CEO<\/span>\n                    <\/cite>\n<\/blockquote><!-- #block_1416630406fe19502336a863cbb89807 -->\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \">Executive perks like prime parking spaces, fancy offices, and administrative assistants set the stage for racial bias and other forms of discrimination. So says Aquent CEO John Chuang, who has created a flat, egalitarian workplace. Aquent provides temporary staffing so it&rsquo;s technically part of the gig economy, but all Aquent workers are classified as employees, receiving health insurance, paid sick days, and other worker protections. &ldquo;The US built its social safety net system around the employer-employee relationship,&rdquo; Chuang says, &ldquo;and as soon as you call them 1099 workers, you circumvent that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start by looking at executive privilege and the tiered workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13718,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"class_list":["post-13801","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Start by looking at executive privilege and the tiered workforce.\" \/>\n\t<meta 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