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MPR News with Angela Davis
Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

Racial inclusion in the workplace: What's working, what's not?

A man sits on a bench.
St. Louis County real estate appraiser John Staine believed he was being singled out because of the color his skin after a number of interactions with security and other people within the courthouse where he has worked for the past two and a half years. Staine took a different approach to handling the discrimination he faced by introducing himself via an all-staff email sent to all St. Louis county employees.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News file

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Employees of color are speaking out — again — about discrimination in the workplace. Problems persist, despite investments in diversity and inclusion at organizations large and small.

This hour, you’ll hear the story of a courthouse employee in Duluth who was tired of being stopped by security at his own workplace and decided to respond with an all-staff email. And MPR News host Angela Davis talks with experts on diversity and inclusion in workplaces to find out what’s working and why some efforts have fallen short.

Davis also checks in with MPR News senior economics contributor Chris Farrell.

Guests:

  • James C. Burroughs II is the chief equity and inclusion officer at Children’s Minnesota.

  • Rebecca Slaby is the executive director of AMAZEworks, a St. Paul-based organizational equity consulting firm.

  • Chris Farrell is a senior economics contributor for MPR News.