Before Tackling Systemic Racism, You Need to Dig Into Your Own Biases

Harvard Business Review · Oct 24, 2026 · 14m

Before Tackling Systemic Racism, You Need to Dig Into Your Own Biases

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5 Dec 2022

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Digging entails identifying your social identities (which might include “woman” or “man” or “nonbinary” and “Hispanic” or “Black” or “Chinese”) and researching the power dynamics associated with each one. Some identities are imbued with social power; some have been historically marginalized. You need to recognize your blind spots about those dynamics in order to build authentic, trusting connections with others and ultimately act collectively to make organizations more welcoming and…