Just because conduct is legal or acceptable doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. This is where a clear dedication to compassionate leadership was missing in the broader culture. Clarity on compassion resolves confusion about tolerating behaviors that are acceptable by society but are unethical, unequal, and hurtful physically or economically. Lead with compassion and the right thing to do is clear.
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1 1. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-02-07/exploiting-Black-labor-after-the-abolition-of-slavery
2 2. Interview with the author. Chatelain Marcia, Racial capitalism, July 13, 2020.
3 3. http://freedmansbank.org/
4 4. Ibid.; https://www.occ.treas.gov/about/who-we-are/history/1863-1865/1863-1865-freedmans-savings-bank.html
5 5. Interview with the author. Rosenthal Caitlin, Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management, Department of History; July 16, 2020.
6 6. Ibid.
7 7. https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/summer/american-labor-movement.html
8 8. https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Highlights/2019/2017Census_Farm_Producers.pdf; https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/29/why-have-americas-Black-farmers-disappeared
9 9. https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/summer/american-labor-movement.html
10 10. Ibid.
11 11. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/09/this-land-was-our-land/594742/
12 12. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/opinion/elaine-massacre-1919-arkansas.html
13 13. https://lynchingsitesmem.org/lynching/peoples-grocery-lynchings-thomas-moss-will-stewart-calvin-mcdowell
14 14. http://historic-memphis.com/biographies/peoples-grocery/peoples-grocery.html
15 15. https://www.history.com/news/ida-b-wells-lynching-memphis-chicago
16 16. https://www.scalawagmagazine.org/2019/07/Black-wall-street/
17 17. https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/john-merrick-went-from-slavery-to-riches/
18 18. Interview with the author. Bristol Douglas, John Merrick's mutual life insurance company started out of his compassion, because there were people who had some misfortune happen, July 6, 2020.
19 19. https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/john-merrick-went-from-slavery-to-riches/
20 20. https://savingplaces.org/places/a-g-gaston-motel#.Xz1kEm5KjIU
21 21. Interview with the author. Smith Suzanne, Thoughts on the significance of Gaston, July 6, 2020.
22 22. Interview with the author. Bristol Douglas, How competition between Black entrepreneurs can be carried out in a healthy way, July 6, 2020.
23 23. https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2019/02/05/missing-pieces-report-the-2018-board-diversity-census-of-women-and-minorities-on-fortune-500-boards/
24 24. https://www.payscale.com/data/gender-pay-gap
25 25. https://www.payscale.com/career-news/2019/04/the-gender-pay-gap-has-closed-5-cents-since-2015-but-dont-celebrate-yet; https://www.payscale.com/data/racial-wage-gap-for-men; https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/economic-justice/fair-pay/quantifying-americas-gender-wage-gap.pdf; https://www.payscale.com/data/gender-pay-gap
26 26. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-soc-060116-053315