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Anti-Racism – How Can White People Help Fight Against Racism?

Does Posting Support on Social Media Matter? Part of what we do here at Black Belonging Matters, is to engage in small, everyday acts of activism. To that end, one…

Tokenism – Who/What Does It Affect? More Than You Realize

Definition of Tokenism Tokenism (noun): “The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, especially by recruiting a small number of people from underrepresented…

Black Lives Matter Allies – Salute to the Allies

Salute to the Allies: Our most sincere way of thanking those who help fight systematic racism. Black Belonging Matters recognizes that the Black Lives Matter Movement needs allies in the…

How To Find and Retain Black Employees

Why Black Diversity Matters We’ve all seen it before, advertising campaigns that turned into public relations nightmares. From layouts that are easily construed as intending to depict black skin transforming…

Black Isn’t a Racial Slur

Is Black A Racial Slur? No. Black isn’t a racial slur. I once had a manager who would change my reports to say “African-American,” whenever I described someone as “Black.”…

The Story Behind Black Belonging Matters

This isn’t the type of blog post one typically sees on a job board, I know. But, we aren’t your typical job board. We are committed not just to equity…