racism - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2021
News

The Value of Difficult Conversations

residents were killed and homes and businesses along 35 square blocks of the city were destroyed at the hands of a white mob over the course of 18 hours. Unfounded accusations that a young Black shoe shiner had assaulted a white woman sparked the massacre. This event... View Details

Keywords: April White; Tulsa Massacre

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Resources, and Respect" at the 2018 Gender and Work Symposium. Melissa E. Wooten is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She studies how the structure of race and racism influences... View Details

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Racial Diversity Pays Off

the integration and learning perspective revealed an awareness that racism in personal life and work can and do interact, she said. Employees whose work groups adopted perspectives 1 or 2—neither of which encouraged learning from... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

particularly important right now, given companies’ increased focus on diversity and inclusion in light of recent events that have highlighted structural racism in our society. Brian Hollins (MBA 2021), Founder, The Aspen Fellowship: The... View Details

08 Sep 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

embarrassing—it can hurt your career. Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart DiscriminationPoor design decisions contribute to racial discrimination on many online platforms. Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Jun 2021
News

Diversifying HBS's Case Collection

initiative to hire and advance one million Black Americans during the next 10 years—may give HBS faculty additional case-writing opportunities. Sharing Scholarship Broadly HBS cases and related materials also have been written recently that examine historical aspects... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

15 Jun 2021
News

HBS Addresses Racial Equity

our action plan, it begins with a clear position: “Harvard Business School rejects racism in all its forms, and anti-Black racism in particular, as wrong and fundamentally inconsistent with our mission and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

Timberland apparel called City Year Gear. Writes Austin, "Value statements like 'Give Racism a Boot' and 'Hike the Path to Justice' were associated with products such as backpacks and T-shirts that were marketed through Timberland's... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

classic The Obstacle is the Way. I have also been ramping up my anti-racist readings, devouring White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo and Ibram Kendi’s How to Be An Anti-Racist. I’ve... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

tremendous way for developers to learn quickly, and for both developers and technology companies to reap real benefits.” About the author Michael Blanding is a writer based in Boston. [Image: gorodenkoff] Related Reading 6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

05 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Developing Black Talent for Leadership

College, and dozens of majority Black talent development organizations like Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), have prepared Black professionals to thrive in spite of covert and overt racism for decades. Although I'm a beneficiary... View Details

15 Sep 2020
News

How To Make Diversity a Reality

George Floyd moment —have really internalized that vision of that. And are now doing work to really understand what's behind this. Does systematic racism really exist and why? CEOs and others have to look in the mirror and simply make the... View Details

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Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

racism rather than a critique of categories of race.” In this multimedia work, Jackson employs color and collage to investigate the value of human life in public space. The silkscreened documentary images and photographs are from her... View Details

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Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020) - MBA

with people from diverse backgrounds, but it could create a continued social stratification in which wealthy students come to HBS, only interact with other wealthy people, and then leave and stay in those networks. There's something interesting there that has... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

The Path Ahead

challenges and opportunities that the School faces—and the priorities that will guide his leadership. Inequality and racism are among the most serious problems in today's societies. How does Dean Datar plan to address these issues by... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

remained optimistic about the future, carving a path for himself and others despite the obstacles and racism all around him. He was the leader of leaders. His legacy fuels my work. —Deborah Blagg Back to top Mezuo Nwuneli (MBA 2003)... View Details

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

beauty on generations of women and created cultures in which breast implants and buttocks injections became the societal norm. The industry intensified rather than challenged the deep racism of the region. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity

complexity? Pipeline problems Max Bazerman on Reducing Discrimination Charlice Hurst on The Just Wage Tool The premise of our work is this core belief that racism and inequity are products of design. And, if they are products of design,... View Details

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Inequality in the Digital Age: A Conversation with Mahzarin Banaji - Blog: RGE Report

having a Swedish sociologist would make them neutral. When he came, he expected to see rampant racism in the American South. And he did see that. When he went from dinners to factories, to homes to interview people, he found that indeed,... View Details

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

agencies, and non-profit organizations. He is the author of the book The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth about Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations recently published by Penguin Random House.... View Details

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