Navigating the Workplace as a Minority Voice

Condé Nast's Class Issue [View on Web]( [Add to contacts]( [New reader? Subscribe]( [BoF]( THE DAILY DIGEST ADVERTISEMENT [SHOPIFY PLUS | DDNL | PROF SUMMIT JUNE16-20]( THE UPFRONT Dear BoF Community, As fashion companies try to better diversify their teams, minority employees are often designated as de facto internal consultants on racial matters. How can minority employees navigate their way out of this often uncomfortable, inappropriate position? Tamison O'Connor offers advice from both minority professionals and experts on [how to ensure your voice is heard]( while remembering it is the employer, not the employee, who needs to be doing the emotional labour right now. Plus, don't miss industry veteran Bonnie Morrison's op-ed on how [classism is at the heart of the race issue at Condé Nast.]( Lauren Sherman, Executive Editor P.S. I look forward to seeing you at [today]( BoF Professional Summit, featuring keynotes, panels, workshops and peer networking sessions. Speakers include activist Kalpona Akter, Levi Strauss & Co. Chief Executive Chip Bergh, designer Gabriela Hearst, Executive Director of Black & Brown Founders Aniyia Williams and more. BoF Professional Members can join the event [here]( at 16:00 BST / 11:00 EDT / 08:00 PDT.   TODAY'S MUST READ [Intelligence]( [How to Navigate the Workplace as a Minority Voice]( BY Tamison O'Connor [What can minority employees do to protect themselves at companies that have been slow to take action on diversity and inclusion? BoF spoke to experts about how best to handle some of the challenges.]( TOP STORIES [Op Ed]( [Op-Ed | Condé Nast’s Big Issue Is Classism]( BY Bonnie Morrison [Social class remains curiously absent from America’s conversation on race, but it has always been in sharp focus at Condé Nast, writes Bonnie Morrison.]( [Intelligence]( [Corporate Activism Put to the Test]( BY M.C. Nanda [Societal unrest has left consumers more suspicious of branded social responsibility than ever.]( To access this article, become a BoF Professional Member [JOIN]( [Podcasts]( [The BoF Podcast: Anna Sui Says, 'You Can Define an Era By the Clothes']( BY BoF Team [The American designer speaks to BoF's Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks about how fashion mirrors politics.]( [IN OTHER NEWS]( [Live Blog: Emma Watson Appointed to Kering Board of Directors, China Issues Travel Ban After New Outbreak of Covid-19 Cases]( [DAILY DIGEST Fashion News from Around the Web]( 1 [What Will the Retail Experience of the Future Look Like?]( [HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW]( 2 [The Dress Codes of the Uprising]( [THE NEW YORK TIMES]( 3 [Vogue Has a Race Problem. It Can't Be Fixed With a Few Token Black Models]( [THE GUARDIAN]( 4 [A Black Wellness Entrepreneur on Leading Her Team in a Time of Anger and Grief]( [INC.]( 5 [The Underground Hairdressers of Lockdown]( [THE GUARDIAN]( BoF CAREERS - FEATURED JOBS  [Director, Head of Photo Studio]( [O]( Navy](    San Francisco, United States  [Brand Representative]( [CAMILLA AND MARC](   London, United Kingdom  [Global Sales Director]( [Miinto](   Copenhagen, Denmark [View All Jobs](  [Subscribe Were you forwarded this email? To subscribe to this newsletter, click below.]( for Free]( Follow Us [The Business of Fashion]( [Sponsorship & Advertising]( [About]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Add to Address Book]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Edit Newsletter Subscriptions]( The Business of Fashion Moray House - 6th Floor · 23-31 Great Titchfield St London W1W 7PA · United Kingdom