Racial Justice at Work

Creating justice-centered organizations is the next frontier in DEI. This book shows how to go beyond compliance to address harm, share power, and create equity.Traditional DEI work has not succeeded at dismantling systems that perpetuate harm and exclude BIPOC groups. Proponents of DEI have put too much focus on HR solutions, such as increasing representation, and not enough emphasis on changing the deeper organizational systems that perpetuate inequities—in other words, on justice. DEIJ work diverges from traditional metrics-driven DEI work and requires a new approach to effectively dismantle power structures.This thought-provoking, solutions-oriented book offers strategic advice on how to adopt a justice mindset, anticipate and address resistance, shift power dynamics, and create a psychologically safe organizational culture. Individual chapters provide pragmatic how-to guides to implementing justice-centered practices in recruitment and hiring, data collection and analysis, learning and development, marketing and advertising, procurement, philanthropy, and more.DEIJ pioneer Mary-Frances Winters and her coauthors address some of the most significant aspects of adding a justice focus to diversity work, showing how to create a workplace culture where equity is not a checklist of performative actions but a lived reality.

Introduction: It’s about Correcting Harm, Mary-Frances WintersPart I: Reimaging Justice in the Workplace1.    Defining Justice, Mary-Frances Winters2.    The Minimization, Weaponization, and Demonization of Racial Justice Concepts, Mary-Frances Winters3.    Operationalizing Justice: A Radical Shift in Consciousness, Leigh Morrison4.    The Leadership Imperative, Mary-Frances Winters5.    A Developmental Approach to Racial Justice, Dr. Terrance Harewood6.    Anticipating Resistance, Kevin Carter7.    Addressing Resistance, Kevin Carter8.    Neutrality Isn’t Neutral: Whose Values Do We Value in the Workplace?, Thamara SubramanianPart II: Actualizing Justice in the Workplace9.    Employees Can’t Be Safe Until They Feel Safe, Scott Ferry10. Closed Mouths Don’t Get Justice, Katelyn Peterson11.Accountability through Restorative Dialogue, Rochelle Younan-Montgomery12.The Problem with “Professionalism,” Tami Jackson13.Allyship Is for All, Scott Ferry14.The Problem with DEIJ Data, Mary-Frances Winters15.Make a Difference with Your DEIJ Data: A Four-Step Process, Thamara Subramanian16.How to Make Reparations a Reality Now, Leigh Morrison and Tami Jackson17.Recruiting, Hiring, and Other HR Practices for Racial Justice, Gabrielle Gayagoy Gonzalez18. Disrupting What It Means to Be a Productive and Healthy Workplace, Thamara Subramanian19.A Racial Justice–Centered Approach to Learning and Development, Leigh Morrison20.Justice in Procurement, Mareisha N. Reese21.Automating Bias, Megan Ellinghausen22.Disrupting the Racist Narrative in Marketing and Advertising, Dr. Megan Larson23.Justice in Philanthropy, Mary-Frances WintersConclusion: Radical Change, Mary-Frances Winters