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Code Switching: Thriving While Black in Corporate America

Published: April 5, 2020, 10 p.m.

Thank you for tuning in to the Middle Men Talk Show Today! Code Switching, Thriving While being black in Corporate America.\xa0 In 2019, there is a total of 2,200 billionaires in the world. Of that number, only 0.77% are black billionaires. Out of the Fortune 500 companies, there is only 4 that are black.\xa0In order to move up the corporate ladder, people of color\xa0have to remove or hide aspects of culture in order to succeed.\xa0Do black people have to change themselves to be successful in white corporate America?\xa0Do black women and men have different experiences working and gaining success in corporate America?\xa0Are companies diversity policies inclusive to black people?\xa0Do the average African American look down on those who code switch for work?\xa0Or talk white because of job and or upbringing? \xa0Do other cultures have to code switch to be successful?\n\nLet's hear from you!!\n\nCall in to listen or comment:\xa0 516-387-1542