I'm one of three Black employees at our small company and we've been informally supporting each other, but now management wants us to be the 'diversity task force' and we have different feelings about taking that on versus pushing back on why it's our job to fix systemic problems we didn't create. We need to figure out how to respond together.
More people experience this than they realize.
People experiencing racism are being asked to manage institutional change while navigating their own conflicting needs for safety, authenticity, and collective power.
“Where Are You with Systemic racism — structure and experience?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.