Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace: A Guide for Equity and Inclusion

by Janice Gassam Asare, Layla F. Saad (Foreword)

Your DEIJ efforts are stagnating because you continue to center whiteness. Creating a truly anti-racist organization requires learning how to identify and rectify the systemic, and often unconscious, centering of white culture and values in the workplace.

Corporate America continues to struggle with racial equity in a post-George Floyd world. As the U.S. becomes more diverse and the public consciousness continues to shift, there is a greater need for successful racial equity efforts in the workplace.

Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace exposes the ways that white culture and expectations are centered in the modern American workplace and the fears within corporate spaces about talking candidly, openly, and honestly about whiteness, white supremacy, and anti-blackness.

Readers will discover:

A direct and straightforward analysis about what white-centering is
An evaluation of the different ways that whiteness is centered in the workplace such as bereavement and holiday policies to dress code
A guide on how to recognize and decenter whiteness within oneself and at work
Solutions for people to contribute individually and systemically to anti-oppression

Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace provides a crucial guidebook with practical solutions for leaders, DEI practitioners, and anyone hoping to truly create an anti-racist workplace.

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Justice, Leadership

208 pages, Paperback

Published October 24, 2023

Reviews

[Niecie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. So spot on, every word.

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I gained some new insights and valuable reminders . I especially appreciate the ending statement that "urgency is an aspect of white culture". The desire to do everything all at once is not productive, the work must be conscientious.

[Leanna Fenneberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

A values-centered and strategic look at systemic change for racial equity with very specific and practical suggestions.

[Gaetan De · Rating 1 out of 5]

As a black man I find this book once again puts the blame on the white person for being white instead of accepting that it is the 21st century and we all get equal chances

[Reader · Rating 1 out of 5]

Why is it ok for her to be racist? This book is RACIST.

[Estevan Hetherington · Rating 1 out of 5]

No