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I've been reflecting on my responsibility as a white woman to fight racism in my community and in the places I work and to continue to educate myself. I've also been hearing from Black

woman that they've been telling us how to be anti-racist for years and they have.

So as I've been looking for tools, two episodes from season two of our show came to mind.

Sisterhood is scarce and Sisterhood is power.

In those episodes we saw that Workplace Sisterhood is too rare and that we women hold ourselves

back when we let race and other differences divide us. In them we also recognize that we

will be a stronger force against both sexism and racism at work if we know and trust each other. I wasn't yet a host on the show then, but I was a big fan. As a listener, I found the stories

and research about the relationships between white women and black women, both in the past and still today

eye-opening. I also remember thinking to myself, we have a lot to do. That includes,

as our guest told us on these episodes, listening to, learning about,

and advocating for black women at work, actions that are critical to racial justice.

Which is why we're revisiting the interviews with four women committed to fostering sisterhood

in the workplace.

I did these interviews in 2018 with our former co-host, Nicole Torres and Sarah Green Carmichael. We hope that in listening

white women in particular will more clearly see their role in fighting systemic

racism and commit to taking action.

You're listening to women at work from Harvard Business Review.

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