Shereen Daniels - The Anti-Racist Organization: Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace

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We live in a world built on white supremacy and white privilege. Shereen has written a clear, wonderfully easytoread book that tells us what we can do about it. From diagnosis to reflection to action, The AntiRacist Organization is a blueprint for change and offers a challenge for us to see each other's humanity. Whether you're a leader or an employee, white or Black, I believe you'll gain a lot by reading it.

Tony Langham, Executive Chair and Cofounder, Lansons

As a finance leader and a white woman, Shereen's words inspire me every day to keep pushing to bring down structural racism both in business and society at large. Shereen is voicing the conversations that your Black and brown colleagues are having behind closed doors every day. Stand up, listen and act. Be part of the change.

Karla Smith, Lead Finance Director, Ogilvy UK

This book weighed heavily on me, as it should. It's unapologetic, enlightening and yet practical. If you are truly interested in becoming an antiracist organization, you won't just read this once, but will refer back to it again and again.

Dr Jane Brearley, Founder & CEO, Intent Health LTD

This book is an extension of Shereen's passion, honesty and ability to open your thought process and understanding of the world as it equates to racism. You will question your long standing assumptions/beliefs and/or unconscious thought processes. If you are serious about understanding racism, this is not a maybe read but a must read for anyone to actively engage in changing the narrative.

MaryAnne Price, HR Director, England Golf

This is an honest, thoughtprovoking book that takes you on a journey of discomfort that leaves you reflecting on your personal and professional relationship with race and racism.

Cheryl Samuels, Deputy Director of Workforce Transformation, NHS England

What Shereen critiques here is powerful and needed, cuts no punches and tells it straight up; that is what we all need now more than ever before in this crazy world. I urge you to grab this book and read it and read it again and if you're like me you will need to breathe and start at the beginning all over.

Margot Slattery, Group Head of Diversity & Inclusion, ISS World Services

Shereen enlightens the reader with practical steps for those truly motivated to build an AntiRacist Organization. This book should be mandatory reading for all CEOs.

Matthew Phelan, CoFounder, The Happiness Index

Shereen writes clearly and simply for readers to grasp. If after reading this book you aren't motivated to take transformational action or alter how you do this work, then you need to read it again.

Cornell VerdejaWoodson, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging, Headspace Health

Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace

Shereen Daniels

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Names: Daniels, Shereen, author.

Title: The antiracist organization : dismantling systemic racism in the workplace / Shereen Daniels.

Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & sons, Inc., 2022. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021059123 (print) | LCCN 2021059124 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119880622 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119880646 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119880639 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Racism in the workplaceUnited States. | Discrimination in employmentUnited States. | Diversity in the workplaceUnited States. | United StatesRace relations.

Classification: LCC HF5549.5.R23 D36 2022 (print) | LCC HF5549.5.R23 (ebook) | DDC 658.30089/00973dc23

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To

Black colleagues in every shape and size of organization.

You are not broken.

You don't need fixing.

You matter.

I dedicate this book to you.

Dismantling racism isn't about who's perfect. It isn't about who's nailed it. It isn't about who's getting public accolades.

It's about who's got the moral courage to do some introspective reflection, and then go, You know what, this isn't right. This is not good enough and we're going to be part of the solution.'