Working While Black: Black Millennials Discuss Working Amidst Racial Trauma in Current News
The first season of The Generational View is all about exploring the intersection of generations and race/ racial equity, and we continue this topic with our second panel style episode - this extremely important conversation with a group of Black Millennial professionals about Working While Black amidst the racial trauma in the current news. We wanted to provide a window into the reality of having to carry the trauma of consistently seeing Black bodies slain on television and the internet.to work everyday, with a few emotionally available Black professionals. Our guests today Deitrick Franklin is a Programs Manager of Early Talent Programs with a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Maria Wright is a Senior Consultant with a top consulting firm with a MBA in Marketing from Clark Atlanta University, and a MA in Christian Ministries from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Kristerpher Smith is Vice President of Middle Market at a bank and Director of Development at The Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation. In this episode, our guests will tell us: What it is like working while Black in a traumatic week in the news (00:02:43) What they expect from the companies/ institutions they work for regarding the fight for racial equity and Black lives (00:41:43) What they request of their non-Black colleague, friends, and peers regarding the same (00:48:48) What they need and desire from older generations of Black professionals (00:55:04) Advice they would give other Black Millennials on coping with racial trauma (01:09:40)