This is a word a podcast from Slate. I'm your host Jason Johnson.

Decades after the civil rights movement, many workplaces in America, have made some progress, though not enough, in diversity and inclusion.

But even though Congress can make laws preventing racial discrimination in hiring, it doesn't even

have to follow them.

There is a generational shift where the younger generations on the

hill are no longer willing to say silent about the toxicity that exists in offices.

Is Capitol Hill the last plantation coming up on a word with me Jason Johnson stay with us.

Welcome to a word a podcast about race and politics and everything else. I'm your host,

Jason Johnson. We all know that there's a gap between what employers say they believe

about workplace conduct and what actually happens on the job and how so much misconduct and abuse

can slip through that gap from ordinary bullying to sexual harassment to

just overt ridiculous racism.

What might surprise a lot of Americans

is how that gap plays out in Congress of all places.

Not just among the lawmakers themselves,

but amongst the staff and workers that help Congress run.

Joining us to talk about it is James R Jones.

He's a professor of African- Studies and Sociology at Rutgers University

and the author of the new book, The Last Plantation, Racism and Resistance in the

Halls of Congress.

Dr James Jones, welcome to a word.

Thank you so much, Jason.

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