It's Time to Talk about Race at Work

Index

• A
• AbeTech, 105
• Accents, 70
• Acceptance, 55, 94
• Accommodations, employee, 164
• Accounting industry, 169
• Acknowledgment, 74, 92–93
• Action, importance of, 55, 61, 119–120
• Adversarial versus discontent, 72
• Advocacy, 143–144
• Aging skier problem, 23, 24–25
• Alison's story, 121–122
• Angie's story, 80
• Apologizing, 74
• Arguing, listening without, 95
• Asian applicants, 93
• Asking questions, 74, 95–96
• Aspen Institute, 182
• AssetMark, 112
• Atrevida Beer Co., 109–111, 113
• Audi commercial, 151–152
• Awkwardness, acknowledging, 67

• B
• Babies:
  • bias in, 15–16
  • having, 43

• Benefits, employee, 164
• Berardinelli, Tatiana, 58, 62
• Bergh, Chip, 60–61, 102–104
• Bias:
  • babies and, 15–16
  • blind spots from, 17
  • in business, 17
  • in decision-making, 17
  • defined, 15
  • denial of, 18–19
  • in disagreements, 17
  • harmful effects of, 17
  • in hiring, 17
  • implicit, 16, 17
  • in job descriptions, 130–132
  • opportunities missed as result of, 27
  • recognizing, 16, 129–130
  • unconscious, 16, 17

• BIPOC, as term, 181
  • See also Blacks; People of color

• Black Latino Leadership Coalition of Colorado Springs, 110–111
• Blacks:
  • candidates, 39–40, 93
  • car doors locking around, 59
  • demographics, 27
  • employees, 68–69, 149
  • fears, 58–60, 68–69, 149
  • journalists, 39
  • skiers, 23–24
  • See also People of color

• Blame, avoiding, 98
• Blind spots, 17
• Bootstrapping argument, 82–84
• Boundaries, respecting, 68–69, 98–99
• Business, effects of bias in, 17
• Business case for diversity, 31–35, 150–151
• Butler-Morton, LaTreece, 58–59
• Bystander effect, overcoming, ...