Demanding More

Why Diversity and Inclusion Don't Happen and What You Can Do About It

Sheree Atcheson

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781398600447
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781398600539
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Leadership
• Index: Business

Look around you. Is your workplace as diverse and accepting as it should be? From accusations of racism in high political office, award-winning actors admitting the sets they work on aren't inclusive, to everyday occurrences of sexism, ageism, racism and more, we are far from where we need to be.

Demanding More is THE diversity and inclusion book you need to read. Moving beyond HR speak, this book clearly explains what diversity and inclusion are and what it means in the everyday experience of millions of people, both at work and in life. Sheree Atcheson, Global Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Valtech and ex Monzo, draws on her experience as a young woman of colour in an overly white male tech environment; she lives and breathes the issues she writes about. In Demanding More, she calls out the lack of awareness around privilege, unchecked and unconscious biases and details what intersectionality does to feelings of discrimination and disadvantage.

Arguing that the best strategy for us all to adopt is allyship, where we all take ownership of the issues and stand up to bias or discrimination, this book will give us all tools and strategies to action every day, making us accountable to delivering change around us.

Index

56 Black Men 14

A Level exams 30–31

ableist language 113

accent 36, 54, 60–61

Accent Bias Britain 61

accent hierarchy 54

accountability 19, 187, 204–05

allyship 150–53

young leaders 159–60

adoption 3–4, 10

advocating for others 145–49

affinity bias 44, 114–15

age 57

allyship 71, 72, 75–76, 129–30, 133, 137–66, 213

defining 138–139

performative 139–40, 151–52, 175

practical 153–65

tips on being a better ally 141–53

analysis 103–04, 115, 120

Annan, Kofi 163

Anthony, Susan B. 83

anti-Asian hate crimes 27

Arab-named women 87

arranged marriage 89

artificial intelligence (AI) 124

Asian people

anti-Asian hate crimes 27

colourism 89

stereotypes 94

assumptions 151–52

Atcheson, George 1–3

Atcheson, Marian 1–3

Atcheson, Sheree 1–12, 73, 81–2

personal history 1–6

work history and motivation 6–11

attribution bias 115–16

Ayim, Andy 73–77

Bach, Renee 3–4

Backstage Capital 73, 74

Bailey, Moya 88

BBC 131

being heard 17, 65–66

Belfast 6, 7

believing experiences of those who are underrepresented 144–45

belonging 17, 184–85

bias 111–35, 164, 174, 213

impact on society, workplaces and daily lives 120–33

main biases in work and daily lives 114–20

unchecked 113–14

unconscious 112, 113–14

birth outcomes 87

pregnancy-related deaths 120–21

Black excellence 127–28

Black Girl Fest code of conduct 42–43

Black Lives Matter movement 75, 125–26, 130, 174

use of the hashtag without commitment 140

Black people 25–26

learning about Black inequity 141–42

medical treatment compared with white people 120–21

One Young World’s work for 160–61

online abuse of Black women 89–90

slavery and the impact o...

Table of contents

• Foreword
• 01 Sheree’s story
• 02 Why diversity and inclusion aren’t there yet
• 03 Privilege: The haves and the have nots
• 04 Intersectionality: Peeling the onion of differences
• 05 Check yourself: Unchecked and unconscious biases
• 06 Stand up: Being an ally
• 07 Demanding more from our leaders
• 08 Planning for more
• Conclusion
• Index