- December 23, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Business leaders should publicly focus on racial issues in the workplace, or they risk being viewed as opponents of racial progress, a speaker at a recent program sponsored by Paycom told attendees.
“You have to have the conversations,” said Shalynne Jackson, chief inclusion and diversity officer for the City of Oklahoma City. “A lot of people—less and less—but a lot of people want to stay neutral. There is no neutral. By being silent you are picking a side, especially nowadays.”
Jackson said business officials are sending an implied message when they do not have a public focus on race in the workplace.
“I am telling you now, if you are not having these kinds of conversations and leaning into it, even if it is uncomfortable, your employees in this situation have an opinion about what opinion you have,” Jackson said. “They are creating the narrative for you, so if you want to control your own…
