Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace

A Guide for Equity and Inclusion

By: Janice Gassam Asare

Narrated by: Donna M. Schiele

Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Your DEIJ efforts are stagnating because you continue to center whiteness. Creating a truly anti-racist organization requires learning how to identify and rectify the systemic, and often unconscious, centering of white culture and values in the workplace.

Corporate America continues to struggle with racial equity in a post-George Floyd world. As the United States becomes more diverse and the public consciousness continues to shift, successful racial equity efforts in the workplace are needed now more than ever.

Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace exposes the ways that white culture and expectations are centered in the modern American workplace and the fears within corporate spaces about talking candidly, openly, and honestly about whiteness, white supremacy, and anti-Blackness.

Listeners will discover:

• A direct and straightforward analysis about what 3-centering is
• An evaluation of the different ways that Whiteness is centered in the workplace, such as bereavement and holiday policies and dress codes
• A guide on how to recognize and decenter whiteness within oneself and at work
• Solutions for people to contribute individually and systemically to anti-oppression

Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace provides a crucial guidebook with practical solutions for leaders, DEIJ practitioners, and anyone hoping to truly create an anti-racist workplace.

©2023 Janice Gassam Asare (P)2023 Janice Gassam Asare

A Valuable Guide for Creating Much-Needed Change

Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace by Janice Gassam Asare is a game-changer. As a white, cisgender male leader navigating the corporate landscape, this book has truly made me reflect back on the DEIJ programs I have helped implement in various workplaces, and re-evaluate how I can be most helpful going forward.

Janice Gassam Asare's writing is not only insightful but also deeply engaging. She skillfully dismantles preconceived notions and challenges readers to question the status quo in a way that is both thought-provoking and constructive.

Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace is a call to action, inspiring and empowering individuals to be agents of change within their respective spheres of influence. After reading this book, I feel equipped with the knowledge and tools necessary for dismantling white-centered policies and systems in the workplace.

This is a must-read for anyone committed to creating meaningful change in their organization.

So important and relatable

I love this book. I have experienced so much of these micro and macro aggressions that the author explained in this book - unfortunately. The way centering white people is so common that you feel like a crazy, irrational, delusional person when you try to explain your experiences as a Black woman. This book is so well done. Thank you - I’m not crazy, irrational or delusional after all!

Very real and relevant.

This book is exactly what the work force needs to understand how inequities that still exist for people of color. It’s raw and transparent and rich with stories that tell the truth. Must read and check your bias at the door.

If you seek truth, can hear it, and then live it

Add this book to your reading list and then move it to the top! I was so excited to see this book has come out so quickly as an audiobook, I couldn't wait to download it. I've been following Dr. Janice Gassam Asare's newsletters and I find her scholarship and writing to be surgically precise, factually supported, and magnetically charged to inform and educate. Donna M. Schiele narrates this book with clarity and subtle emphasis and emotion that personalizes the experiences of the author and her subjects.