Counter Stories: Why recruits don't plant roots

MayKao Hang
Wilder Foundation President MayKao Hang, left, at a workplace diversity breakfast in March 2013 in St. Paul.
MPR Photo | Jennifer Simonson

Minnesota companies, organizations and school districts are striving to diversify their workforces.

They've had some success recruiting professionals of color, but those recruits often end up leaving the state after a few years.

The Counter Stories team has some understanding of why that happens. And, as usual, it's complicated.

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