REI Resources

February 19, 2021

Looking to do right by your Black employees? Start by renegotiating the terms of your ERGs for Black talent

How to address the ways that affinity groups/employee resource groups (ERGs) can create a burden of uncompensated labor on Black talent at your company/organization and make them a more successful and supportive resource.
February 19, 2021

Tech companies are asking their black employee groups to fix Silicon Valley’s race problem – often for free

Clarifying the appropriate role of employee resource groups (ERGs) and understanding the value and the limitations of these groups in enacting systemic change, particularly in the Silicon Valley tech realm.
February 19, 2021

Don’t Be an Ally, Be an Accomplice

Making the case that those who want to move from “allies” to “accomplices” need to have a larger stake in the game to disrupt the status quo, and that it might cost you somehing.
February 19, 2021

Unmasking ‘racial microaggressions’

Understanding the harm that microaggressions can cause in performance, self-esteem, and comfort in people of color. Microaggressions are defined here as “the everyday insults, indignities and demeaning messages sent to people of color by well-intentioned white people who are unaware of the hidden messages being sent to them.”