{"id":32233,"date":"2022-12-11T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=32233"},"modified":"2022-12-13T15:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:34:21","slug":"why-corporate-diversity-statements-are-backfiring-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/why-corporate-diversity-statements-are-backfiring-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Why corporate diversity statements are backfiring \u2014\u00a0Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dannielle Piper<\/a>, The Conversation<\/a><\/em> and Vinita Srivastava<\/a>, The Conversation<\/a><\/em> https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/99d5e829-34b2-412c-933b-d767d5c45faf?dark=true<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/cdn.theconversation.com\/infographics\/572\/661898416fdc21fc4fdef6a5379efd7cac19d9d5\/site\/index.html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Equity, diversity, inclusion are buzzwords that may evoke social change, but for some they conjure empty promises on a glossy corporate brochure or statement at the bottom of a job listing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do institutions make actual change? Join us on this episode of Don\u2019t Call Me Resilient<\/em><\/a> as we speak with Professor Sonia Kang to discuss the pitfalls of tokenism and how institutions uphold institutional racism. She also shares some tips on how to thrive in the workspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, worldwide protests against anti-Black police brutality prompted corporations to rush to address racism. They put out statements of solidarity and in some cases, affirmations of their commitment to anti-racism in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But University of Toronto Prof. Kang says that without action-plans to back up those ideas, those statements can cause harm. They can lead to greater blocks to success for racialized employees and job seekers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join us and listen to Don\u2019t Call Me Resilient<\/em> as we speak with Prof. Kang to discuss her work and personal experiences. Kang is a Canada Research Chair in Identity, Diversity and Inclusion and host of the podcast For the Love of Work<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From performative allyship in the workplace to resum\u00e9 whitening practices in job applications to the grey area in being a \u201cdiversity hire\u201d or the first racialized employee, explore the many facets of tokenism and how we can challenge and reshape the institutional practices that keep racialized employees from thriving in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow and Listen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can listen to or follow Don\u2019t Call Me Resilient<\/em> on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Google Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a> or wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts<\/a>. We\u2019d love to hear from you<\/a>, including any ideas for future episodes. Join The Conversation on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and TikTok<\/a> and use #DontCallMeResilient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Unintended Consequences of Diversity Statements<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitened R\u00e9sum\u00e9s: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor Market<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stereotypes at work: Occupational stereotypes predict race and gender segregation in the workforce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is Tokenism, and Why Does It Matter in the Workplace?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is supertokenism and how can companies avoid it?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Racism \u201cGets Under the Skin\u201d: An Examination of the Physical- and Mental-Health Costs of Culturally Compelled Coping<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Articles in The Conversation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Read the companion article to this episode of Don\u2019t Call Me Resilient<\/em>: \u201cBeing the \u2018only one\u2019 at work and the decades long fight against anti-Black racism\u201d by Christopher Taylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The unedited version of the transcript is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t Call Me Resilient is produced in partnership with the Journalism Innovation Lab at the University of British Columbia and with a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dannielle Piper<\/a>, Associate Producer, Don’t Call Me Resilient, The Conversation<\/a><\/em> and Vinita Srivastava<\/a>, Host + Producer, Don’t Call Me Resilient | Senior Editor, Culture + Society, The Conversation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is republished from The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dannielle Piper, The Conversation and Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/99d5e829-34b2-412c-933b-d767d5c45faf?dark=true Equity, diversity, inclusion are buzzwords that may evoke social change, but for some they conjure empty promises on a glossy corporate brochure or statement at the bottom of a job listing. How do institutions make actual change? Join us on this episode of Don\u2019t Call […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":32234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[277],"tags":[11469,5095,453,13107,13103,358,1838,6590,13104,7564,679,9746,1538,3828,4542],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32235,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32233\/revisions\/32235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}