I am seeing some very encouraging racial justice work initiated and driven by CEO’s. While it is heartening to see all of the recent statements from corporations denouncing racism and vowing to take action, there is a need to focus on collective accountability and collaboration both internally and externally for real systemic change.
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Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is today, August 13, because this is the day that a Black woman must work into the new year to make what a white non-Hispanic man made at the end of the previous year. Black women, on average, earn sixty-two cents to every dollar that a white man earns. Society holds deep-seated biases about the worth of Black women that date back to slavery. We need to own up to these harsh realities and correct these gross pay inequities.
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While I am elated that Joe Biden picked Senator Kamala Harris, a Black woman, as his running mate, I can’t help but think about the blatant racism and sexism that she will likely face. Racism and sexism continue to persist—even within the systems we would expect to hold in high regard. It’s a new day folks. We will not be silent and there will be consequences.
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Analyzing data and interrogating data are not the same thing. We currently analyze diversity data, but we less often interrogate it with a justice lens. Analysis can uncover some of these inequities, but interrogation reveals the systems that perpetuate them. This week I will explore how to interrogate internal data such as applicant flow, hiring, termination (both voluntary and involuntary), promotion, and performance appraisals.
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It has been interesting to experience the urgency with which organizations are scheduling listening sessions for Black employees to acknowledge their pain, and learning experiences or ‘town halls’ for leaders and “allies” on how to engage in conversations about race. The Winters Group has been bombarded with requests for “sessions” this week. The sense of urgency and palpable anxiety around the need to do something (almost anything) right now is disconcerting.
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