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Twice As Hard: Navigating Black Stereotypes and Creating Space for Success by Raphael and Opeyemi Sofoluke is an eye-opening handbook and guide for black people in a white-dominated workplace. It was an interesting read for me, as a non-black person. I deliberately requested this book, because I want to support black authors. I also want to find out how I can be an ally to black people in my own workplace. Unfortunately, the majority of this book wasn't written for me, but I feel like this would be a good read for any black people who looking for workplace tips.
Here is an excerpt from the prologue where one of the authors introduces the purpose of the book:
"This book explores the struggles, barriers and successes of
Black entrepreneurs and professionals in order to inspire a
change of attitude, while showing others how to be better
allies to their Black peers. Through interviews with leading
Black executives, professors, innovators, influencers,
musicians, sportspeople, comedians, actors and more. we
will draw on our own personal experiences and those of
other successful people to explore and share advice about
how to establish yourself as a major player in your industry."
Overall, Twice As Hard is an eye-opening nonfiction manual, and it will appeal to many black readers. For me, as a non-black person, the parts that were most interesting were the beginning and the final chapter, where the authors write a chapter specifically for "Allies." The rest of the chapters were written specifically for black entrepreneurs, employees, business owners, etc. I understand that the book wasn't written for me, and I also want to support the authors because books like this need to be publisher, so that's why I gave it 4 stars. If you're intrigued by the excerpt above, or if you're a black person looking for a guidebook like this, I highly recommend that you check out this book when it comes out in 2 weeks!
Twice As Hard: Navigating Black Stereotypes and Creating Space for Success by Raphael and Opeyemi Sofoluke is an eye-opening handbook and guide for black people in a white-dominated workplace. It was an interesting read for me, as a non-black person. I deliberately requested this book, because I want to support black authors. I also want to find out how I can be an ally to black people in my own workplace. Unfortunately, the majority of this book wasn't written for me, but I feel like this would be a good read for any black people who looking for workplace tips.
Here is an excerpt from the prologue where one of the authors introduces the purpose of the book:
"This book explores the struggles, barriers and successes of
Black entrepreneurs and professionals in order to inspire a
change of attitude, while showing others how to be better
allies to their Black peers. Through interviews with leading
Black executives, professors, innovators, influencers,
musicians, sportspeople, comedians, actors and more. we
will draw on our own personal experiences and those of
other successful people to explore and share advice about
how to establish yourself as a major player in your industry."
Overall, Twice As Hard is an eye-opening nonfiction manual, and it will appeal to many black readers. For me, as a non-black person, the parts that were most interesting were the beginning and the final chapter, where the authors write a chapter specifically for "Allies." The rest of the chapters were written specifically for black entrepreneurs, employees, business owners, etc. I understand that the book wasn't written for me, and I also want to support the authors because books like this need to be publisher, so that's why I gave it 4 stars. If you're intrigued by the excerpt above, or if you're a black person looking for a guidebook like this, I highly recommend that you check out this book when it comes out in 2 weeks!