Are You Creating Space for Honest Conversations About Race?
For the managers and senior leaders reading this, your silence is deafening. Even if you don’t have all the words to say, a heartfelt acknowledgment goes a long way.
Posts Tagged: race
Diversity with Inclusion: More than Numbers
When we speak out or choose to discriminate or hurt, it means that we spent the time and energy with intent. This intention is to take away or reduce someone’s identity so that they no longer feel equal.
Leveraging Differences
If you are going the leverage the differences in your organization, you must acknowledge they exist.
Old Time Diversity
We may be diverse but we are far from inclusive.
Resume Whitening
Hiring for cultural fit just hit a new high — or maybe a new low — when a University of Toronto study was released that indicated that 40% of people of color job candidates “whiten” their resumes by using more English sounding names and removing language that identifies them with their subordinate racial group. HereRead… Read more »
The Politics of Bias
In the 2012 race for the White House, Republican nominee, Mitt Romney’s primary support came from White voters at 88%. Only 12% of Romney voters were people of color. His opponent and ultimate winner of the 2012 Presidency, Barack Obama was swept into the White House with voters who were 56% White and 44% peopleRead… Read more »
How My White Colleagues Talk About Race
They say things like “all people are equal or we are all the same.” Essentially what they are saying about race is nothing at all. They talk about race like it does not exist. When they try to talk about race, they use these empty phrases that subconsciously say “can we change the subject?” CanRead… Read more »
The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and White Privilege
What causes white privilege in the federal government?
Let’s Start the Conversation
We are all fighting our own battles, some more public than others. At this moment, I am fighting the urge to retreat into my comfort zone. But it’s actually not so comfortable to be so isolated.
4 Ways Our Good Intentions Go Wrong on Race and Poverty
When we intentionally create spaces to talk about racism, yes, someone will inevitably shift the conversation from race to poverty. This redirection does four important, counterproductive things.