reboot.: Diversity and inclusion at work - one year on

Progress made but still a long way to go

In the latest article for the “Breaking down BAME” series, reboot. ambassador and State Street head of legal, international and regulatory, Ritu Shirgaokar, considers how the events of the past 18 months have changed the conversations around race and equality in the workplace, and the need for businesses to create safe environments to host crucial conversations on race and equality.

The worldwide anti-racism movement that started last year begged a question: would it last long enough to make a difference?  Today there is an acceptance that structural racism is real. There is an understanding that everyday decisions, which on the surface appear entirely well-founded, do lead to people of colour being disadvantaged. These individual everyday decisions, be it hiring, retention or promotion, all add up to result in inequality. People get that now. Many corporates have worked hard on allyship education over the past year, from teaching people how to speak out against ...