Instead of waiting for white people to change, Black people must prioritize their own prosperity, power, and selfdetermination by navigating, challenging, and exiting racist systemsa radical argument from a Harvard behavioral scientist.In late 2023, worldrenowned diversity expert Robert Livingston flipped the script. Invited to give a presentation on antiracism to a packed hotel ballroom, he instead told the crowd something that few in his industry had been saying but that many had been thinking The current approach to DEI was broken. Racism functions like an intractable addiction, ever persistent and often reemerging more strongly than ever after brief periods of sobriety. Thus, Black people needed to answer a different question. How should they pursue successful and joyful lives despite the enduring presence of racism?In this eyeopening and powerfully written book, Livingston argues that Black people can pursue three paths. They can play the game, or find ways to make white people feel unthreatened without sacrificing their own dignity, identity, or authenticity. Think of Kenneth Chenault, for example, a tempered radical who rose through the ranks to become the first Black CEO of American Express. They can change the game, or challenge the system head onlike Colin Kaepernick, whose idealism cost him his football career but made him an icon. And finally they can leave the game, or turn away altogether from traditionally white environments to carve out spaces where Black...

Binding: Hardback;256 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: JN; Weight: 588 g; Dimensions: 163 x 243 x 27

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