Delve into comprehensive HR strategies aimed at addressing racial biases within the banking sector. Gain insights from CEOs on navigating challenges related to 911 calls, racial slurs, and check-cashing refusals encountered by Black customers. Discover proactive approaches to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in financial institutions.
A Strategic Examination of Antiracism Training
Beneath the Surface: The Blind Spots of Anti-Racism Training in North America
Anti-racism training in America and Canada primarily aims to make individuals aware of these biases and adjust their tinted glasses. But herein lies the first blind spot: focusing on the individual rather than the system. People can be made aware of their biases, but change is unlikely if the environment they return to perpetuates the same prejudices. Think of it as cleaning a drop of ink in a pool with more ink continuously poured.
HR, government, and business insights on diversity, anti-racism training, tech oversight, and inclusive best practices for a modern workplace.
Is Your Company Actually Fighting Racism, or Just Talking About It?
If we look closer, there's a vast gulf between tweeting supporting anti-racism and integrating anti-racist principles within company culture. To put it in simpler terms, are companies merely dating the idea of anti-racism, or are they committedly married to it? Is your company truly fighting racism or just paying lip service? Dive deep into how corporate actions, or the lack thereof, speak louder than tweets.
Risk Assessment or Racial Bias? The Unraveling Tale of Discrimination in Banking
In banking, the term 'risk assessment' often enjoys an almost sanctified space. It's posited as an objective process, a series of data-driven decisions ensuring the security and fluidity of our financial systems. However, lurking beneath this facade of neutrality lies a deeply ingrained, systemic bias.
What Does The Term "Woke" Mean For Business?
Race in the Workplace: The Frontline Employee Experience
No one should be excluded from opportunities to advance professionally. But advancement is far from fair in many American workspaces, especially for the frontline workers whose concerns are often ignored or pushed aside. In this blog post, we'll discuss why this situation exists and what employers can do better to support these workers of color on the frontline.
What To Do About The Pervasive Reality of Anti-Black Racism In Canada
Combating Bias in Teams
Imagine a team that genuinely understands diversity and inclusion - they actively seek out diverse perspectives, practice active listening to ensure everyone can contribute their ideas, and constructively challenge each other. Unfortunately, people of color and women are far too often overlooked for executive roles and positions of leadership. As a result, bias can creep into decision-making through conscious and unconscious means, leading to significant inequality for those who are underrepresented in our society. We must actively strive for inclusive leadership that celebrates the diversity of thought and background, not simply settle for exclusivity as the status quo.
Tyre Nichols Video: Black People Are Racist Too
Racism is a significant argument for black people. Black people are not immune to racism against black people or other races, despite the claims of some black diversity "experts" who say that white people are the racial and ideological enemy. Negative stereotypes of black people as inferior, unworthy, lazy, and dangerous exist across all racial groups. However, what is more, striking is how this self-immolation is prevalent among people of color. What appears agaisnt them is also exercised by them.
5 Crucial Areas for Training on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are becoming more critical in organizations worldwide because of a global pandemic, politics becoming more divided, and movements for racial and social justice. Creating a more diverse and inclusive culture requires numerous matters to work together, like making a long-term plan, getting leadership on board, allocating enough resources, and ensuring that communications, training, and education are coordinated.