These findings suggest that encouraging white men to reflect on what happens to them on the job could make them better allies of their co-workers who are women or people of color.
Exactly right. I think the unsaid part here is that white guys are generally dismissing hardship and mistreatment in the workplace until it happens to them. Frankly, it shouldn’t require a personal experience for someone to care about another person being bullied or harassed in the workplace.
Empathy and allyship should not require shared suffering.
Exactly right. I think the unsaid part here is that white guys are generally dismissing hardship and mistreatment in the workplace until it happens to them. Frankly, it shouldn’t require a personal experience for someone to care about another person being bullied or harassed in the workplace.
Empathy and allyship should not require shared suffering.