Who Pays for Diversity?
Regular price
€92.99
A01=Oneya Fennell Okuwobi
Asian
Author_Oneya Fennell Okuwobi
Black
burnout and DEI programs
Category=JBCC7
Category=JBFA
Category=JBSL1
centering people of color
challenges of diversity programs
commodification of racial identities
corporate control
Critique of DEI programs
DEI programs and white supremacy
DEIJ initiatives and racial equity
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
flaws in DEIA practices
impact on people of color
Institutional racism
Latinx
new approaches to racial equity
power dynamics
Race and inequality in the workplace
racial equality in institutions
rethinking initiatives
Product details
- ISBN 9780520392212
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 18 Mar 2025
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
How diversity initiatives harm employees of color by turning them into workplace commodities.
Diversity programs are under attack. Should those interested in racial justice fight to keep them, or might there be another way forward? Who Pays for Diversity? reveals the costs that employees of color pay under current programs by having their racial identities commodified to benefit white people and institutions. Oneya Fennell Okuwobi proposes fresh and thoughtful ways to reorient these initiatives, move beyond tokenism, and authentically center marginalized employees.
Drawing on accounts of employees from across the workplace spectrum, from corporations to churches to universities, Who Pays for Diversity? details how the optics of diversity programs undermine employees' competence while diminishing their well-being and workplace productivity. Okuwobi argues that diversity programs have been a costly detour on the path to racial justice, and getting back on track requires solutions that provide equity, dignity, and agency to all employees, instead of defending the status quo.
Diversity programs are under attack. Should those interested in racial justice fight to keep them, or might there be another way forward? Who Pays for Diversity? reveals the costs that employees of color pay under current programs by having their racial identities commodified to benefit white people and institutions. Oneya Fennell Okuwobi proposes fresh and thoughtful ways to reorient these initiatives, move beyond tokenism, and authentically center marginalized employees.
Drawing on accounts of employees from across the workplace spectrum, from corporations to churches to universities, Who Pays for Diversity? details how the optics of diversity programs undermine employees' competence while diminishing their well-being and workplace productivity. Okuwobi argues that diversity programs have been a costly detour on the path to racial justice, and getting back on track requires solutions that provide equity, dignity, and agency to all employees, instead of defending the status quo.
Oneya Fennell Okuwobi is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Cincinnati.
