Dunaway, known for her sunny demeanor, had the unenviable task of serving as an apologist for the casual gaming-oriented Wii console to hard-core gamers.

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While mining remains white-dominated and prefers to offload peripheral businesses than to see change at its core, consumer-oriented companies, such as retailers and brewers, have long had a lot of black managers in senior positions.

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