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- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
pitcher throws the ball. How much would you expect the race of the umpire and the pitcher to determine the outcome of the call? That's the question Christopher A. Parsons, Harvard Business School visiting associate professor in the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
mostly one race are tipping the balance of integration among all firms, creating a less segregated workforce overall. “The turnover of organizations appears to have washed away progress on racial employment integration faster than such... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Airbnb Hosts Discriminate Against African-American Guests
to prevent this apparent discrimination? In their paper “Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy,” the researchers note that the most obvious way to squelch racism on Airbnb is to squelch the ability to identify the race of guests or... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
objective, branch-level productivity measures, Ely said. In general, Ely added, companies such as the one they studied tend to take on one of three perspectives about diversity: 1. Discrimination and fairness perspective. The work groups aspire to being color blind, so... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
mortgage originations from 2012 to 2018 for loan performance data. They further parsed findings using US Census data and ZIP codes to match loan officers, mortgages, specific lenders, and applicants. The researchers matched first and last names and geographic data to... View Details
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
that mentoring relationships are less likely to form across race than among people of the same race. But the positive approach would be to look at the research and say, 'Well, even though they may be rare, let's try to understand these... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
12 percent less for rentals than nonblack hosts—even when the properties were equivalent in terms of location and quality. How did the researchers find out the race of each host? The same way potential guests do—they looked at the hosts'... View Details
- Web
2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience 08–09 MAR 2018 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Mar 08 Thursday, March 08, 2018 Panel: The Significance of Race... View Details
- 13 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams
the salience of ethnicity in a country like Kenya that has experienced significant recent racial tension—and may not necessarily be as strong in a country like the United States or France. Even so, these trends are worth keeping in mind in any context in which View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Acing Reality
The Amazing Race. Dubbed Team Chippendales by their rivals, the openly gay couple won the television audience’s favor and took the top prize in a 44,000-mile race across four continents. “In the last leg, the two overcame Arndt’s reckless... View Details
- 15 Feb 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Black Business Leaders Series: John Rogers and the Importance of Hiring Minority-Owned Services Firms
Keywords: Financial Services
- Video
Reuel J. Khoza
Reuel J. Khoza, Chairman of South Africa's Dzana Investments and Discovery Bank, describes the obstacles he faced to establish his management consultancy firm in the context of apartheid. View Details
- 08 Jul 2021
- Video
Peter Wharton-Hood
Peter Wharton-Hood, a former senior executive at Standard Bank and Deutsche Bank in South Africa, discusses how Standard Bank responded to Black Economic Empowerment in the 1990s, which included allaying the fears of incumbent white staff that they would lose their... View Details
- 28 Aug 2020
- Video
Peter Vundla
Peter Vundla, who co-founded the first Black-owned advertising agency HerdBuoys in South Africa in 1991, explains how advertising was entirely controlled by white people in apartheid South Africa, who defined how Black people were presented in the media, and how he... View Details
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Sizwe Nxasana
Sizwe Nxasana, the founding partner of SizweNtsalubaGobodo, the largest Black accounting firm in South Africa, discusses the discrimination he experienced as a young Black accountant during the apartheid era, and how he initially built his business serving Black... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
"Blackwomenomics: Equity in Leadership Advancement of Modern Black Women" at the 2018 Gender and Work Symposium. Sandra Finley presents "Blackwomenomics: Equity in Leadership Advancement of Modern Black Women" at the 2018 Gender and Work Symposium. What's View Details
- Portrait Project
Patrick Chun
graduate school halfway across the world; all the way to the smaller, quiet moments he spent teaching me, his grandson, about life. I have the blessing of being able to choose the races I run. A privilege that came not of my own doing,... View Details
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Videos - Advancing Racial Equity
Professor Cash discusses the term white privilege, which is often misconstrued and misunderstood, and advises... Professor Jim Cash: Why it’s hard to talk about race Professor Jim Cash: Why it’s hard to talk about View Details
- 28 Aug 2020
- Video
Peter Vundla
Peter Vundla, who co-founded the first Black-owned advertising agency HerdBuoys in South Africa in 1991, describes how hard it was for Black people to start a business in apartheid South Africa. They were forced to live in townships such as Soweto which were intended... View Details
- 28 Aug 2020
- Video
Cas Coovadia
Cas Coovadia, the long-running Managing Director of the Banking Association South Africa, argues that the government needs proactive policies to support the Black community because of the discrimination it experienced under apartheid. View Details