From the course: Supporting Allyship and Anti-Racism at Work

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How racism shows up in the workplace

How racism shows up in the workplace

From the course: Supporting Allyship and Anti-Racism at Work

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How racism shows up in the workplace

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- Workplace racism typically shows up in three ways; systemic, individual and internalized. Let's explore each. Systemic racism refers to systems, processes, policies and cultural norms that work together to advantage a racial group. It impacts many different areas of life for many people of color. Let's take a quick look. Today, there are only four Black Fortune 500 CEOs. Black families have only 10% of the median net worth that white families have. These outcomes aren't an accident and they're not just the result of discrimination by a few bad actors. No, they're primarily a result of longstanding systemic racism that has been baked into the system for, not decades, but centuries, and workplaces that want to see sustained change must focus on addressing their own systemic issues that often foster inequity. While systemic racism is particularly insidious because it's oftentimes much less visible, racism also…

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