Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi joined me to discuss a very specific feature of racism. We drilled down into a tendency to assume that a singular act of failure on the part of a black person tells you about their entire skillet and capability.
From here, we slowly examined the structural features of the workplace, with a racist undergird, that leads to "competency racism".
I predict many of you listening to this discussion with me and Tembeka may feel overwhelmed by a familiar and painful recognition of what you have experienced but never knew it to be a phenomenon in general.
We give you the language to empower yourself, and we offer insights to help us all collectively continue the fight against anti-black racism in the wake of white supremacist grips still in place everywhere.
Although we used the legal profession as a sustained case study, the lessons are easily transferred elsewhere.
Enjoy. And drop me a message, even if confidential, telling me what came up for you.