Just 7% of managers are Black. This successful husband-and-wife team give 5 practical tips on being successful in white workplaces.
A 2019 paper published in the Journal of Human Rights and Social Work and cited in"Twice as Hard", noted:"Being white is considered a characteristic of the prototypical business leader, and this commonly held belief may lead to biased evaluations of minority leaders, particularly African-Americans who are stereotyped as being lazy and incompetent."
Although it can feel uncomfortable for an employee to advocate for themselves, especially in an environment where they are the minority,"blowing your own trumpet is something you have to learn to do." She wrote:"We each have multiple social identities and how we draw on these identities is dependent on the environment and situation in which we find ourselves."
This is particularly the case for Black women who, for example, experience pressure and scrutiny to change their natural hair. Research by the Halo Collective — an organization challenging hair discrimination — found that one in five Black women feel societal pressure to straighten their hair for work.
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