How did Diversity Training get started?
The following is a historical view provided by Billy Vaughn, who is president, a successful diversity trainer and founder of Diversity Training University International: Diversity training has its history in peace negotiation, racial desegregation in the United States, and race relations training. Historically, the settlement of disputes between tribes and countries depended on masterful negotiations. The 1960s witnessed both increased multinational business and racial tensions in large American metropolitan areas. Multinational companies realized quickly that sending managers to overseas companies without cross-cultural training caused problems. Sometimes the overseas manager from the United States would unintentionally cause cultural conflicts. Many managers found it difficult to adjust to the foreign culture. When a manager seemed well-adjusted and working out fine, the spouse and children often failed to make the transition. Repatriation, or adjustment to the return home, was also
