Article: Why your biases may be biased: intersectionality explained Written by Sheree Atcheson Tuesday 06 September 2022 Share Share to LinkedIn Share to Facebook Share via email If you dig into your data, your efforts to tackle bias might not be as successful as you think. That’s why leaders need to understand the complex intersections between race, gender, age, disability and social background This is an extract from Demanding More, longlisted for CMI’s 2022 Management Book of the Year award Intersectionality is the overlapping and connected nature of personal characteristics, such as ethnicity, race, socio-economic background, etc. This connected nature creates an overlapped and connected experience of discrimination. For example, a Black woman might face discrimination from a business that is not distinctly due to her race (because the business does not discriminate against Black men) nor distinctly due to her gender (because the business does not discriminate against White women), but due to a unique combination of the two factors. Gender diversity has been in almost every company’s board meetings in the 2010s because of mandatory gender pay gap reporting and the historic understanding of women’s rights in relation to voting and body autonomy from society in general. What this hasn’t considered is that women are not a monolith and existing under all of the same constraints – what are glass ceilings for some are cement roofs for others. What does best-practice Gender Pay Gap reporting look like? Deep dive: equal pay vs the gender pay gap Keep reading to learn the importance of intersectionality for your diversity data Login or register below for Free Instant Access Login If you are already registered as a CMI Friend, Subscriber or Member, just login to view this article. Confirm your registration Login below to confirm your details and access this article. Sign in with email Email remember me remember Forget? Please confirm that you want to switch off the "Sign in with email" remember me feature. Yes No Register for Free Access Not yet a Member, Subscriber or Friend? Register as a CMI Friend for free, and get access to this and many other exclusive resources, as well as weekly updates straight to your inbox. You have successfully registered As a CMI Friend, you now have access to whole range of CMI Friendship benefits. Please login to the left to confirm your registration and access the article. Article Our extensive range of articles are designed to keep you in the loop with all the latest management and leadership best practice, research and news. Members See More CMI Members have access to thousands of online learning and CPD resources. Learn more about our membership benefits Join The Community CMI offers a variety of flexible membership solutions, tailored to your needs. Find out more and get involved in the CMI community today.
