Even at “Inclusive” Companies, Women of Color Don’t Feel Supported

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'...the more that black women’s job execution depended on others, the less emotionally vulnerable black women were willing to be.'

readership. We looked at readers’ opinions on both individual and organizational elements of inclusion at their workplaces.

How much do you believe that your organization promotes an inclusive climate — one that values diverse voices and has fair and open procedures? For black women in more interdependent jobs, that is, jobs that require more interactions with others to get their work done, inclusive climates led to lower levels of emotional vulnerability. This indicates that, though having an inclusive climate was overall a good thing for all women, the more that black women’s job execution depended on others, the less emotionally vulnerable black women were willing to be.

We also heard stories of black women feeling a lack of support on the job. Here’s what one 46-year-old white female respondent shared about conversation she had with a coworker of color:[My coworker] confided to her manager that a recent conversation about equity had taken a lot out of her, as it brought up emotions tied to past experiences. Her manager, who is white, responded that these conversations are hard for everyone.

Those who found those supportive workplace environments had to work to find them. As a 45-year-old mixed race woman noted after feeling left out by her interdependent work group at a company she described as, overall, inclusive, “I searched for who would be the ones that I could trust.

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