Connectedness and Trust
Welcome to the Organizational Trust Question Bank, a strategic tool tailored for organizations aiming to deepen their understanding and cultivation of trust within the workplace.
Black women are often placed on teams where they are the only person of color.
Why is connection such a challenge for Black women in the workplace?
Black women are expected to educate non-Black colleagues who lack an understanding of how race, power, and privilege impact their interactions.
“I try to surround myself with people that understand, where you can just say it as it is and they get it. It’s not a whole, dealing with somebody’s pushback, dealing with someone’s tears, dealing with, oh we’re all the same, we’re all Brown. Making sure I have other Black and mixed race Black women who I can just say something to who don’t need the whole story. It’s just understood and then we can move on.”
— BWT focus group participant