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Filtering upward: is it harder for a person of color, a woman or someone who is openly gay to reach the top?(Cover Story)

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| November 01, 2005 | Wakefield, Rebecca | COPYRIGHT 2005 CEO Publishing Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In South Florida, diversity means something very different.

With Hispanics in many high-visibility corporate and government positions, it can be all too easy to figure diversity is not an issue when it comes to the upper echelons of business. After all, in Miami-Dade County, Hispanics are not even a minority--they make up nearly 60 percent of the population, according to the US Census Bureau. Blacks and Hispanics together are approaching 40 percent of the population in Broward County, leaving Palm Beach County as the sole county in South Florida that is still almost 75 percent non-Hispanic white.

"There's a lot more diversity here than anyplace else ...

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