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Author Wingfield, Adia Harvey, 1977- author.

Title Gray areas : how the way we work perpetuates racism & what we can do to fix it / Adia Harvey Wingfield, [PhD].

Publication Info. [United States] : Amistad Press, [2023]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3076389~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  331.08 WIN    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  331.08 WIN    AVAILABLE
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Description x, 293 pages : 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Getting into the gray areas -- Part I: Cultural. Doing diversity badly -- Chapter 1: Race blindness and the liberal paradox -- Chapter 2: Gendered occupations and organizational culture -- Chapter 3: When hierarchy doesn't help -- Chapter 4 : Colorblindness and the market -- Chapter 5: Layers and limitations -- Chapter 6: The case of gig work -- Chapter 7: Leveraging cultural capital -- Can we change the culture? -- Part II: Social. Getting the Job -- Chapter 8: Going it alone -- Chapter 9: Black women opening doors -- Chapter 10: Employment in the new fissured workplace -- Chapter 11: Getting hired vs. doing the hiring -- Chapter 12: When movements matter -- Chapter 13: Successful networking -- Getting past the networking hurdle -- Part III: Relational. Who's got your back? -- Chapter 14: Searching for an advocate -- Chapter 15: When White women are roadblocks -- Chapter 16: Opportunity gaps in gig work -- Chapter 17: The cost of advancement -- Chapter 18: Looking elsewhere for leadership -- Chapter 19: When advancement isn't the answer -- Chapter 20: A path forward -- Moving on up -- Conclusion: The way out of the gray
Summary "A leading sociologist reveals why racial inequality persists in the workplace despite todays multi-billion-dollar diversity industry--and provides actional solutions for creating a truly equitable, multiracial future."-- From publisher's description.
Subject Diversity in the workplace.
Labor -- United States -- Race relations.
Affirmative action programs -- United States.
Minorities -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN 9780063079816
006307981X
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