The Black Ceiling How Race Still Matters in the Elite Workplace | 1.43 MB
Title: The Black Ceiling
Author: Kevin Woodson
Category: Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies
Language: English | 211 Pages | ISBN: 0226828727
A revelatory assessment of workplace inequality in high-status jobs that focuses on a new explanation for a pernicious problem: racial discomfort.
America’s elite law firms, investment banks, and management consulting firms are known for grueling hours, low odds of promotion, and personnel practices that push out any employees who don’t advance. While most people who begin their careers in these institutions leave within several years, work there is especially difficult for Black professionals, who exit more quickly and receive far fewer promotions than their White counterparts, hitting a "Black ceiling."
Sociologist and law professor Kevin Woodson knows firsthand what life at a top law firm feels like as a Black man. Examining the experiences of more than one hundred Black professionals at prestigious firms, Woodson discovers that their biggest obstacle in the workplace isn’t explicit bias but racial discomfort, or the unease Black employees feel…
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