{"id":4672,"date":"2018-08-28T16:44:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T16:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=4672"},"modified":"2018-10-10T17:45:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T17:45:50","slug":"survey-1-in-2-african-americans-say-they-have-experienced-racism-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/survey-1-in-2-african-americans-say-they-have-experienced-racism-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: 1 in 2 African Americans Say They Have Experienced Racism at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-one percent of African Americans say they have experienced racism at work, according to the latest reading of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/109-have-you-ever-experienced-racism-in-the-workplace\">ongoing survey<\/a> by Comparably.<\/p>\n<p>That was the highest rate among any ethnic group. The survey showed that\u00a032% of Hispanic\/Latino respondents have experienced racism at work, as well as 30% of Asian or Pacific Islander respondents. Twenty percent of Caucasians also say they have experienced racism at work.<\/p>\n<p>More than 10,000 people across the tech industry responded to the survey.<\/p>\n<p>*Figure shows who responded\u00a0&#8220;No&#8221; to being asked whether they have been subject to racism at work:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4682 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/racism-1.jpg\" alt=\"racism\" width=\"511\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/racism-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/racism-1.jpg 511w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 85vw, 511px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Women experience slightly more racism than men<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The survey also found that women may experience slightly more racism than men. According to the results, 23% of men say they have been victim subjected to racism at work while 31% of women say the same.<\/p>\n<p>*Figure\u00a0shows who responded\u00a0&#8220;No&#8221; to being asked whether they have been subject to racism at work:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4681 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/non-2.jpg\" alt=\"non\" width=\"485\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/non-2-300x39.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/non-2.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 85vw, 485px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Generation Z says they have experienced the most racism<\/b><\/p>\n<p>While all of the age groups were relatively close in their experience with racism at work (the scale ranged from 26% to 30%), people in the 18 to 25-year age group say they have experienced the most racism (30%), followed next by those in the 36 to 40 age group (28%).<\/p>\n<p>*Figure\u00a0shows\u00a0who responded\u00a0&#8220;No&#8221; to being asked whether they have been subject to racism at work:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4683 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"372\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/Capture-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/Capture.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 85vw, 372px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest reading is as of Aug. 28.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-one percent of African Americans say they have experienced racism at work, according to the latest reading of an ongoing survey by Comparably. That was the highest rate among any ethnic group. The survey showed that\u00a032% of Hispanic\/Latino respondents have experienced racism at work, as well as 30% of Asian or Pacific Islander respondents. Twenty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/survey-1-in-2-african-americans-say-they-have-experienced-racism-at-work\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read full-story <i class=\"cm cm-right-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,65],"tags":[69,61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4672"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4688,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions\/4688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}