Vanisha Parmar

racial code-switching

This book is for White allies interested in ways to reduce racism and discrimination in the workplace and to better understand where racist attitudes in society originate from.

Some feel they have to tone down their ‘Blackness’ and ‘Brownness’ to fit in with the White normative values, for example, by toning down hairstyles and making a conscious effort not to appear ‘too loud

essentially we mean Black British, those from African, Caribbean and any other Black background, and British South Asian, those from an Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi background

Equality focuses on process – ensuring that everyone has been given the same fair opportunity, and equity is concerned with outcomes, recognizing that the same fair processes are not always successful and leave some people at a disadvantage due to a number of societal and organizational reasons.