Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace : A Guide for Equity and Inclusion / Janice Gassam Asare and Layla Saad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gassam Asare, Janice, author.

Saad, Layla, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate culture.

Diversity in the workplace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2023]

Summary:

Your DEIJ efforts are stagnating because you continue to center whiteness. Creating a truly anti-racist organization requires learning how to identify and rectify the systemic, and often unconscious, centering of white culture and values in the workplace.Corporate America continues to struggle with racial equity in a post-George Floyd world. As the United States becomes more diverse and the public consciousness continues to shift, successful racial equity efforts in the workplace are needed now more than ever. Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace exposes the ways that white culture and expectations are centered in the modern American workplace and the fears within corporate spaces about talking candidly, openly, and honestly about whiteness, white supremacy, and anti-Blackness.Readers will discover: A direct and straightforward analysis about what white-centering is An evaluation of the different ways that whiteness is centered in the workplace, such as bereavement and holiday policies and dress codes A guide on how to recognize and decenter whiteness within oneself and at work Solutions for people to contribute individually and systemically to anti-oppressionDecentering Whiteness in the Workplace provides a crucial guidebook with practical solutions for leaders, DEIJ practitioners, and anyone hoping to truly create an anti-racist workplace.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Introduction: What Is White-Centering?

1. The Formation of Whiteness

2. Decentering Whiteness in Hiring Practices

3. Decentering Whiteness in Workplace Systems

4. Decentering Whiteness in Workplace Policies

5. Decentering White Voices at Work

6. Decentering Whiteness in the DEI and Anti-oppression Space

7. Decentering Whiteness in Empathy

8. Decentering Whiteness within Us

9. Centering the Most Marginalized Employees

10. What Does It Mean to Center Black Employees?

11. Steps to Start Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace

Conclusion: Where Do You Begin?

Discussion Guide

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author.

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ISBN:

9781523005574

1523005572