I recently wrote an article asking "Where are the Black People in Finance?". In that article I pointed out how few black people work in finance due to implicit and explicit racial bias. While few in the investments industry would overtly call themselves 'racist', the environment is structured so that black people self-select out of the pool of potential candidates. As a people-manager, not only have I worked with few black people I have interviewed few black people. People simply opt out of a game at which they feel they are bound to lose. Read the full article
Where are the Black People in Finance II
Where are the Black People in Finance II
Where are the Black People in Finance II
I recently wrote an article asking "Where are the Black People in Finance?". In that article I pointed out how few black people work in finance due to implicit and explicit racial bias. While few in the investments industry would overtly call themselves 'racist', the environment is structured so that black people self-select out of the pool of potential candidates. As a people-manager, not only have I worked with few black people I have interviewed few black people. People simply opt out of a game at which they feel they are bound to lose. Read the full article