Racial bias

Bank of America pledged an additional $250 million toward its push to advance racial equality, adding more programs that advocate for Asian Americans to its existing initiatives.

Pandemic job losses have disproportionately impacted minorities.

Amazon’s lack of racial and gender diversity in its corporate ranks is common throughout the technology industry.

Benefits, professional development opportunities and unconscious bias training are all important tools to address workplace diversity.

Two former employees alleged they experienced racial and religious discrimination while working at the firm.

Firms owned by Asian, Black or Latino Americans were more likely to report “fair” or “poor” financial conditions in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.

Just like the industries that they cover, the lack of Black representation among news outlets acts as a barrier against understanding and eliminating systemic racism.

During times of social change, there is the potential for people to be exposed to events that register in a person’s brain and body as trauma. The negative affects can accumulate and have an impact on a person's work and well-being.

The flow of assets and capital in manager selection, municipal bonds and business and mortgage capital reveals forms of systemic racism that often get overlooked.

The hurdles faced by Black professionals who break into the financial services belie the notion that their small numbers at the industry’s top ranks are a pipeline problem.