Gray areas how the way we work perpetuates racism and what we can do to fix it
A leading sociologist looks at why racial inequality still exists in the workplace despite the multi-billion-dollar diversity industry's efforts to fight it and offers solutions for reversing the trend to create a truly equitable future.
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New York, NY :
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Getting into the gray areas
- Part I: Cultural. Doing diversity badly
- Chapter 1: Race blindness and the liberal paradox
- Chapter 2: Gendered occupations and organizational culture
- Chapter 3: When hierarchy doesn't help
- Chapter 4 : Colorblindness and the market
- Chapter 5: Layers and limitations
- Chapter 6: The case of gig work
- Chapter 7: Leveraging cultural capital
- Can we change the culture?
- Part II: Social. Getting the Job
- Chapter 8: Going it alone
- Chapter 9: Black women opening doors
- Chapter 10: Employment in the new fissured workplace
- Chapter 11: Getting hired vs. doing the hiring
- Chapter 12: When movements matter
- Chapter 13: Successful networking
- Getting past the networking hurdle
- Part III: Relational. Who's got your back?
- Chapter 14: Searching for an advocate
- Chapter 15: When White women are roadblocks
- Chapter 16: Opportunity gaps in gig work
- Chapter 17: The cost of advancement
- Chapter 18: Looking elsewhere for leadership
- Chapter 19: When advancement isn't the answer
- Chapter 20: A path forward
- Moving on up
- Conclusion: The way out of the gray
