CEOs unveil plans against racial inequality after George Floyd death

Corporate America has joined protesters in condemning the death of George Floyd at the hands of police and calling for action to confront racial injustices and racial inequalities in the United States.

“There are in fact barriers that are faced by African Americans even though we don’t have laws that separate people on the basis of race anymore. We still have customs. We still have beliefs. We still have policies. We have practices that lead to inequity,” Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

Data collected through surveys show how far companies need to come to be representative of the…