Giving Compass' Take:
- Ben Paynter uses charts to depict racial bias in hiring in the nonprofit sector, one piece of the bigger picture of systemic inequality in the U.S.
- How can you help to make intentional diverse hiring practices standard to combat bias?
- Read about combatting bias in philanthropic funding.
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ALL TOP-LEVEL CANDIDATES START OUT EQUAL
As you can see in the pie chart, there’s not much difference between the baseline credentials of white people and people of color in the sector. The white population has an incrementally greater collection of bachelors and masters degrees, while people of color are more likely to have advanced doctorates or law or medical degrees.
RECRUITERS AND HIRING BOARDS ARE OFTEN BIASED
Regardless of race, the majority of those within the industry agree that recruiters aren’t doing enough to find and court qualified diverse candidates for top-level positions. But many minorities feel like they’ll be denied because they’re not the right “fit,” an intangible that study authors suggest represents “implicit bias.”
Read the source article about racial bias by Ben Paynter at Fast Company.