Black Managers Are Not Getting Compensated For Jobs [Video]

Because of systemic racism and discriminatory practices, Black people are disproportionately performing invisible work – unpaid labor, tasks, and responsibilities at home and the workplace that are not compensated or recognized as valuable or essential in our society. Black people also have an additional burden to bear – stereotype management.

Many people, particularly women, are encumbered by invisible work, with women in the U.S. spending an average of 4.1 hours per day on unpaid household chores and caregiving and men 2.5 hours per day. But as we outline in our new book, Our (In)visible Work, the emotional toll and daily stress is even greater on Blacks, who also must navigate microaggressions and racism as they perform their duties in the …