Giving Compass' Take:

• Philanthropy News Digest reports on how corporate America systemically suppresses and discriminates against Black women in hiring and promotion processes.

• What will it take to remove biases against Black women in hiring and promotion processes throughout corporate America? How can you help institute more equitable practices?

• Read about the pervasive pay inequities that impact Black women in corporate America.

At U.S. corporations, Black women are less likely than their male or white colleagues to be promoted or to receive the support and access they need to advance despite being just as ambitious, a report from the Lean In Foundation finds.

According to the study, Black women are less likely than men, white women, Latinas, or Asian-American women to say their manager advocates for new opportunities for them (29 percent), gives them opportunities to manage people and projects (36 percent), or helps them manage their career paths (22 percent), while they are more likely to never have interacted with a senior leader about their work (41 percent) or informally (59 percent). The report also found that Black women are far more likely to face day-to-day discrimination at work than men or other women, such as others questioning their judgment in their area of expertise (41 percent) and expressing surprise at their skills or abilities (26 percent).

To address barriers to Black women's advancement, the report calls on companies to take both gender and race into account when setting representation targets; provide mentorship, sponsorship, and professional development opportunities; share key metrics with employees and foster a sense of organization-wide accountability; and reward progress by incorporating diversity targets into senior leaders' performance expectations and reviews.

"I feel like expectations for me as a Black woman are much higher than those of my white counterparts," the report quotes an employee of twelve years as saying. "It feels like I am expected to go above and beyond while my colleagues at the same level just do what is described in our job descriptions."

Read the full article about systemic racism in corporate America at Philanthropy News Digest.