Racial Justice in Business & Workplace
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Equity in the Boardroom: How
Asset Manager Voting Shaped Corporate Action on Racial
Justice in 2021
Majority Action, Dec. 2021
The striking race gap in
corporate America
The Washington Post, Dec. 2021
A Black job applicant's lawsuit is
first to allege hair discrimination under the CROWN Act
Insider, Dec. 2021
Racist graffiti, 'plantation' jokes &
100 potential lawsuits: Ex-workers
say Tesla is still racist
Protocol, July 2021
Has the ‘Buy Black’ Movement
Made a Difference for Food Entrepreneurs?
Civil Eats, May 2021
Why Did It Take So Long for
Food Companies to Rebrand
their Racist Products?
Civil Eats, May 2021
The Black Experience
at Work in Charts
McKinsey Quarterly, April 2021
Amazon data showed big jump
in diversity among senior leaders
— after definition of ‘executive’
was loosened
The Seattle Times, May 2021
How two Black CEOs got
corporate America to pay
attention to voting rights
The Washington Post, May 2021
A recruiter joined Facebook
to help it meet its diversity
targets. He says its hiring
practices hurt people of color.
The Washington Post, April 2021
The Business
Community Must Act
Democracy Docket, April 2021
Nike sets fresh diversity targets
for 2025, and ties executive compensation to hitting them
CNBC, March 2021
Starbucks’s Mellody Hobson,
the Only Black Chairwoman in S&P 500, Says ‘Civil Rights 3.0’ Is Brewing
Wall Street Journal, March 2021
Goldman Sachs Invests $10
Billion In New 'One Million
Black Women' Initiative
Essence, March 2021
The Pandemic’s Existential Threat
to Black-Owned Businesses
ProPublica, March 2021
Bias, disrespect, and demotions: Black employees say Amazon
has a race problem
Vox, Feb. 2021
TIAA is the first company in
Fortune 500 history to have two
Black CEOs in a row
Washington Post, Feb. 2021
Lawmakers call for
congressional interns to have
work-from-home option
Axios, Feb. 2021
Amazon investors push for racial equity audit, worker on board
The Seattle Times, Dec. 2020
New Washington business
coalition sets $2 billion goal
for racial equity initiative
The Seattle Times, Dec. 2020
How to achieve racial
justice in the workplace:
reconnecting with 4 basic rights
World Economic Forum, Oct. 2020
As big corporations say ‘black
lives matter,’ their track records
raise skepticism
The Washington Post, June 2020
Tech companies are asking their
black employee groups to fix Silicon Valley’s race problem — often for free
The Washington Post, June 2020
When Resumes Are Made ‘Whiter’
to Please Potential Employers
The Atlantic, March 2016
It’s Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Here’s why a pay gap persists.
The 19th, August 2021
In Literary Organizations,
Diversity Disputes Keep Coming
The New York Times, August 2021
Most Hollywood Writers’ Rooms
Look Nothing Like America
The Atlantic, Sept. 2021
Group Backed by Top Companies Moves to Combat A.I. Bias in Hiring
The New York Times, Dec. 2021
Facebook knew its algorithms were biased against people of color
The Washington Post, Nov. 2021
What does reality TV
owe Black women?
The Washington Post, Oct. 2021
Black Tesla employees
describe a culture of racism:
‘I was at my breaking point’
Los Angeles Times, March 2022
Here's What I've Learned
From Being The Only Black
Woman In The Conference Room
HuffPost, March 2022
Top Estée Lauder Executive Forced Out for Racist Instagram Post
The New York Times, Feb. 2022
Professionalism as
a Racial Construct
UCLA Law Review, March 2022
Watch
Race in the Workplace
Multipart series focused on practical
approaches to improving and advancing
racial equity, diversity, and inclusion in
organizations.
Time Magazine, Fall 2020
Listen
Knowledge at Wharton
Leading Diversity: How
Firms Can Walk the Talk (37 min.)
Knowledge at Wharton
Does Diversity Training
Really Work? (27 min.)
Racism at Work
Professor Binna Kandola OBE, and a panel of expert guests explore the evolution of modern racism, how that manifests in the workplace
Wharton Business Daily
Is There Still Bias in the Hiring
Process? Here's How to Create
an Unbiased Algorithm
(11 min.)
Additional Resources
Black Economic
Alliance
Washington Employers
for Racial Equity
Black Women in Data|
DataedX
The Board
Challenge
Corporate Racial
Equity Alliance