In this piece, I read Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” through a multimodal lens: how lyrics, visuals, repetition, and sound stage “racial resilience.” I unpack symbols (from floating scenes to confrontations with police) and show how the refrain “We gon’ be alright” turns pain into a collective promise that still fuels solidarity and action.

Opponents say diverse teams spark friction or tokenism; the evidence says otherwise. This piece reviews studies showing that heterogeneous teams boost innovation and outcomes, bias persists without diversified interview panels, and so-called “positive discrimination” corrects systemic imbalance rather than creating it. The takeaway: design hiring that mirrors society; then let the broader perspectives do the work.