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The Social Balance Sheet: Are Your Employees Assets or Expenses?
Capitalism: when we treat property better than we treat people. There was a time when businesses wanted women to have babies. They recognized that when women staff become mothers, it’s good for the economy because every newborn adds to the workforce of the future. In fact, women were encouraged to get pregnant and have as many babies as possible. When was this liberal, open-minded time in our history? The U.S. Antebellum Period, noted for the thriving wealth of the U.S. South - and SLAVERY.
“Doing Your Job IS Meeting Expectations”…(Unless You’re the Queen)
How Bias, Abundance and Scarcity Affect Performance This article isn’t about Queen Elizabeth II (“QEII”). It’s not about the British monarchy and their legacy of colonization, imperialism, classism, acquisition, destruction, and so on. It is, but it isn’t. It's about how we (the societal “we”) evaluate people with privilege vs. people without, and how we’ve enabled and endorsed inequity as a result.
It’s About Racial Equity and Empathy, Not Representation
Folks, racism can’t be “educated out” of people. No coaching certification course can give a white coach the experiences of a racialized person. Yes, knowing about racism and bias is a good thing. No, it does not mean you understand what it’s like.
Race matters. Racialized experience matters. We need racial equity. We need the lived experience of just how much racism pervade all aspects of work and life.