Take a moment and look at your LinkedIn contacts. How many look like you?
In this episode, Jennifer + Rachael consider the research regarding cross-racial relationships, the unconscious biases we hold and the impact it has on who we recommend, mentor and hire.
“Because of the racial context in which we're all living, if we want to have cross-racial relationships, part of what makes them successful is our willingness and ability to learn how to talk about racism, even in the context of the friendship” — Beverly Daniel Tatumm
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Episode Links
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-Cafeteria/dp/0465083617
Diversity as a Second Job
https://www.cjr.org/special_report/journalist-of-color-second-job.php
Code Switch: Cross-Racial Relationships
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/27/799925293/code-switch-cross-racial-relationships
The Dark Side of Networking
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/09/networking-mentorship-milkman/539703/
Why Journalists Are Walking Out of Newsrooms in Protest
https://www.adweek.com/digital/why-journalists-are-walking-out-of-newsrooms-in-protest/
Thick: And Other Essays
https://www.amazon.com/Thick-Essays-Tressie-McMillan-Cottom/dp/1620974363
White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See
Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies (1988)
https://www.collegeart.org/pdf/diversity/white-privilege-and-male-privilege.pdf
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