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Impact ofRacism

AUGUST 19, 2020

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Introductions

PETESMALL

DWIGHTBAILEY

CEO, Executive CoachStrategic Solutions Coaching

Retired U.S. ArmyFounderFirstServe Leaders Inc.

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▸Systemic racism and racial inequality at work

▸Physical and mental impacts of racism

▸Code-switching, covering, covert rules, and cognitive capacity

▸Allyship and addressing the impact of racism

▸Q&A

Our Focus Today

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SYSTEMIC RACISM is experienced when ideologies, institutions, and policies operate to produce racial and ethnic inequality.

INTERPERSONAL RACISM involves two or more people and can be manifested through bigotry, bias, prejudice, and microaggressions.

INTERNALIZED RACISM is the acceptance of negative stereotypes and societal beliefs about one’s racial group.

Racism Defined

“The heartbeat of racism is denial and the sound of that heartbeat is ‘I’m not racist’.”

~DR. IBRAM X. KENDI

justice

wealth

housing

health

employment

education

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Panelist Questions:

How do leaders move from a place of possible discomfort or even ignorance with discussing racism to a place of

confidence and knowledge in talking about racism at work?

What can leaders do to identify and address racism in the workplace starting today?

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Racial trauma, a form of race-based

stress, refers to Black, Indigenous,

and people of color (BIPOC)

individual reactions to dangerous

events and real or perceived

experiences of racial discrimination.

Racial Trauma

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Panelist Questions:

What are some of the impacts, physical and/or mental, that racism creates in the workplace?

What can leaders do to mitigate racism and connect with their teams regarding these impacts?

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CODE-SWITCHING: process of shifting from one linguistic code (a language or dialect) to another, depending on the social context or conversational setting

COVERING: the act of downplaying parts of an identity to make others feel comfortable or fit in more easily

COVERT RULES: rules that are established and often unspoken in an organization but must be followed to stay successful

COGNITIVE CAPACITY: the total amount of information the brain is capable of retaining at any particular moment

Navigating Racism for BIPOC

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Panelist Questions:

Can you give me some examples of code-switching, covering, covert rules, and cognitive capacity?

How can leaders create environments where team members do not feel like they have to do these things?

How does cognitive capacity relate to performance and employee engagement?

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Become an AllyLEARN AND INFORM ENGAGE IN ACTIVISMSPEAK UP

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Panelist Questions:

What does it mean to be an ally in addressing racism?

Are there ways that leaders can intend to be an ally, but the opposite results?

How can leaders evaluate their effectiveness at being an ally and help their team increase comfort with allyship?

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Pete SmallCEO, Executive CoachStrategic Solutions Coachingcoachpetesmall@gmail.comwww.strategic-solutions-coaching.com

Dwight Bailey, Retired U.S. ArmyFounderFirstServe Leaders Inc.www.firstserveleaders.com