Race Issues

Dear HBR:

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🗓️ 2 November 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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How does race affect your workplace? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Tina Opie, a management professor at Babson College. They talk through what to do when your company's board is not diverse, promotions favor some people more than others, or you want to have more conversations about race at the office.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dear HBR from Harvard Business Review.
0:03.9	I'm Dan McGinn.
0:04.9	And I'm Alison Beard.
0:12.3	Work can be frustrating, but it doesn't have to be.
0:15.3	We don't need to let the conflicts get us down.
0:17.8	That's where Dear HBR comes in.
0:19.9	We take your questions, look at the research,
0:22.5	talk to the experts, and help you move forward.
0:32.5	Today, we're answering your questions about dealing with racism in the workplace.
0:36.3	And here to help sort through the issues is Tina Obie.
0:39.3	She's a management professor at Babson College.
0:41.3	Tina, thanks for coming in the show.
0:43.3	Thanks for having me.
0:44.3	So have you yourself experienced racism in the workplace?
0:47.3	Yes, I have. That's a way to get us started right off the bat.
0:51.3	I have. I've experienced racism as a student, as well as
0:55.1	a banker, a management consultant, and as a professor. And what I would say is the common denominator
1:02.2	through all of those experiences is that when people see me, they didn't expect me to be in
1:07.0	whatever role I was in at that time. How hard is it to start these conversations, make the decision I'm calling this out right now?
1:17.2	Well, sometimes I'm out in the mood.
1:19.8	However, I feel compelled in many instances to broach the conversation because I'm thinking
1:26.3	about my organization.
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