Working in PWIs

Surviving Professional Predominantly White Institutions

3 years ago

Finishing off the April Toolkit we continue discussing PWIs but this week we’re talking about Professional (workplace) PWIs. We begin by chatting about the overlapping similarities between Academic and professional predominantly white institutions. Throughout the podcast we combat the white supremacy structure that American capitalism was built upon and the lasting effect on BIPOC in the workplace. Articles mentioned in this week’s episode:

In this episode we will dive into:

The emotional impact of Affirmative Action on BIPOC in the workplace.
The correlation of white supremacy and toxic work environments.
The relationship between white supremacy and capitalism.
How the hiring of (a few) BIPOC does NOT change the root issue of racism in the workplace.
Diversity training should not always fall upon the shoulders of your BIPOC coworkers.
We walk through the article from this month’s toolkit, The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture from Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun
The challenges of calling out racism, microaggressions, and racial biases in the workplace verse the Academic sitting.
What about being mixed race in a PWI?
What are some ways to thrive in PWIs for BIOPC and Unicorns?
How can our co-conspirators put activism in action in the workplace?

We delightfully end in our Happy Place this week, hint*- You find out how we really feel about peanuts and what to do with Unsolved Mysteries withdrawal.

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