Dr. Weaver is joined by Janet Wigfield, Alignment Strategies' VP, Media & Virtual Events, to discuss why white women grapple with the concept of white privilege and why their understanding and acknowledgement of this privilege is essential to the advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion. White privilege is a recurring topic of the Same Race/Cross Race Conversations Weaver and Wigfield designed together for Working Mother Media's annual Multicultural Women’s National Conference.

In this Episode

• Defining white privilege
• The value of same-race and cross-race conversations
• The challenges in recognizing white privilege
• White privilege and the Karen stereotype
• The relationship between white women and women of color in the workplace
• Misconceptions about affirmative action and access

Resources and Links

• Janet Wigfield
• Dr. Vanessa Weaver
• Working Mother Media
• Alignment Strategies
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism
• Multicultural Women's National Conference
• The American Non-Dilemma: Racial Inequality without Racism

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