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This show explores race and racism in accounting and the business world in general. The concept of Critical Race Theory is used as the primary way to explore how racial inequality exists modern commerce today.

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 17. DisCrit and Neurodiversity in Accounting 02/28/2024

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 17. DisCrit and Neurodiversity in Accounting On this episode we explore DisCrit and its relationship to neurodiversity in accounting. DisCrit represents an offshoot of CRT which incorporates the lens of Disability Studies. I use this to begin a conversation around what life might be like for those accountants who are neurodiverse and racialized in the accounting arena. Is it good? Is it bad? We simply don’t know because we don’t have the research. So please join me as we delve deeper into this fascinating topic. /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/30153923

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 16. Accounting as past harm 05/30/2023

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 16. Accounting as past harm On the whole we tend to view accounting as a dull and boring excise in counting beans. But this is not true and hasn’t been true ever. In this episode a brief review is given of how this ‘boring technology’ was in fact integral to harm inflicted up Black and Brown bodies during slavery and how it traditionally prevented access to early would be Black CPAs at the start of the early 19th century. And this is important because as is often said ‘if we don’t know our history then we are doomed to repeat it’. So please listen to learn more about something that is not often spoken about in accounting enough i.e., its role in past harm and subjugation. /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/26991615

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 15. CRT Counterstories 03/31/2023

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 15. CRT Counterstories We all tell tales and they can be powerful if the right one is told in the right way. All too often a dominant majority white tale is told about the inferiority of Black professionals and other People of Color in the workplace and beyond. In this podcast I suggest that we need better oppositional tales or Counterstories to resist racist accounts and tell a differing truth. Often such CRT Counterstories are fantastical and imaginary but grounded in real racial theory so that people who might normally dismiss race and racism instead choose to listen to something new or different which might challenge their thinking. It is with this in mind I use a Counterstory from my own book as an example of how this is done. So please lend this Podcast your ear and enjoy a strange tale or two… /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/26408670

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 14. Working Identity 02/10/2023

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 14. Working Identity In this first episode of our third season, we explore the concept of Working Identity. But what is this I hear you cry? It is the strategy which stigmatized professionals use to gain some measure of acceptance in dominant majority white space. It is the act of molding social reality around oneself to be an OK and accepted Black person in for example the Whiteworld of Accounting. How is this achieved? By making sure that an Afro is not shown at work or to clients as this cultural hairstyle is seen as unprofessional. It is to make sure the strong Black woman financial services professional is not stereotyped into being a ‘Sapphire,’ that shrill and emasculating trope used to put Black women in their place should they challenge mansplaining of their own ideas. It is to conform just enough to hopefully be given the benefit of the doubt in the white male workplace, enough to confer genuine professional status upon the stigmatized other. This way career advancement is possible. It seems a little crazy right? But in this episode, I challenge you to go into your own workplace and look closer at what people of color wear and how they act. Is it extremely professional so as to advertise their right to be in this all too pale and male space which often questions their competency to be there? I hope this episode challenges you dear listener to delve deeper. /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/25891188

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 13. White Fragility 11/30/2022

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 13. White Fragility In this episode we explore the much-maligned concept of White Fragility. A lot has already been said about it, some true and much false, but have we been given an accurate working definition of it yet? In this Podcast I attempt to do so. But let me be clear. To begin to talk about White Fragility is to provoke in many a set of unpleasant emotions most often in whites, and sometimes in uncritical people of color because of how White Fragility operates. I will give my definition of White Fragility and what it really means, the rules of race talk under White Fragility, and what to do next about it all. I hope you enjoy this interesting but challenging Podcast! /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/25182072

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 12. Poor Black Wealth 10/15/2022

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 12. Poor Black Wealth In this podcast we discuss why wealth is so difficult to attain and keep for Black Americans and others in the Black Diaspora. It is a real-life problem for Black people which means if we cannot change it the Black community will continue to suffer. At its core I suggest that historic racism that continues today is at the root of poor Black wealth attainment, and this must change if we are committed to improving the lot of Black America now and in the future. But this will require committed investment at the Federal and State level to improve the financial knowledge of the Black community exponentially and by extension promote Black accounting, Banking and Finance as fundamental societal assets in urban settings with which to change the face of America for the better. To figuratively give forty acres and mule to pay a debt long owed. If this sounds good to you join me in hearing more! /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/24697524

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 11. The Q & A Episode 09/01/2022

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 11. The Q & A Episode In this episode I answer questions I have received from listeners to the Podcast and my other work about CRT and Accounting. I read out their questions and then give my answer(s) to it. So why do this? Dialogue I believe is the key. Listeners may or may not agree on the points that I raise about racism, business, and the workplace but that is not the point. The questions in this particular episode from the Podcast audience and readers of my work have REALLY made me think about the issues at hand and challenged my views across a range of topics. For this I am thankful, and it is my hope that on some level I have done the same for them. This is how we begin to make positive changes in our profession and dare I say it, also in our society. So please join in the fun and let us all hear your thoughts on all of this! /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/24246258

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 10. White Supremacy 07/13/2022

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 10. White Supremacy In this episode we talk about White Supremacy! It is difficult to talk about race in general and it is particularly difficult in our more modern times. It’s even harder to say the words 'White Supremacy' in professional settings without being accused of being racist or being accused of causing ‘race baiting.’ But why is this the case? I believe that the concept has come overcharged, misinterpreted and therefore taboo to discuss in social settings and the workplace. But this is to our detriment if we wish to rid ourselves of this great racial harm. This Podcast seeks to overcome these challenges with an honest discussion of what White Supremacy really is and its current harmful place in our society. /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/23734601

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 9. Racial Risk 05/19/2022

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 9. Racial Risk So, in this episode we ask what does it mean to be racially unsafe at work? It means for the most part knowing that at some point or another you will experience subtle hidden racism. Racial risk in this instance is the ‘threat in the air’, that a microassault is around the corner, and that you, perhaps a Black male are yourself a ‘forever threat’ in the professional setting and other spaces as well. /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/23170745

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 8. Whiteness 04/08/2022

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 8. Whiteness It is difficult to talk about race and it is particularly difficult in our more modern times. But why is this? In this show I put forward the case that the Whiteness of everyday life is responsible. It is the Whiteness of Western society that is a hidden benchmark to which all nonwhite people are compared against. It is the way that People of Color live in a 'Whiteworld', which is a harsh and unforgiving world that is seldom seen by white people. It is the way white people are often Colorblind to race and therefore cannot speak about it. /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/22734149

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 7. Against CRT 01/26/2022

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 7. Against CRT Like me have you ever wondered why a tsunami of anger is being currently leveled at Critical Race Theory? Or perhaps you know why and feel that it is more than justified! In this episode I review some of the main arguments against CRT and make my own case for why I believe much of what is said against CRT is wrong. I hope that I can set the record straight to what CRT really is and show its usefulness as a way of making our professions and society more representative for those people of color (among many others) who have suffered in the past and continue to do so today. /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/21910226

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 6. Everyday Racism at work 12/09/2021

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 6. Everyday Racism at work In this week’s episode we discuss the reality of everyday racism in the workplace. What is working life like for the racialized Other who must deal with stunning but brief acts of racial incivility? Often, this subtle form of racism is referred to as Microaggression and comes in many variants, often making life on the job intolerable for people of color. Can anything be done to cure this issue? /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/21435323

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 5. When Will We Reach Racial Equality at Work. 11/05/2021

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 5. When Will We Reach Racial Equality at Work. In this week’s podcast we ask the question when will we achieve equality in our workplace environments? Firms have been working on this vexing question for decades and yet we seem no closer at getting the number of people of color to increase in our professional workplaces. In accounting the situation is acute. But why is this? When will we reach a position where stigmatized people no longer feel that barriers exist in their strive to reach the C-Suite? /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/21068456

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 4. The Tales We Tell and Why We Tell Them 10/15/2021

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 4. The Tales We Tell and Why We Tell Them In this episode we explore racial tales. Whether we like it or not we all tell tales about the world around us and the society we live in. But which tale is 'Truth' and whose truthful tale matters more in a society that is racialized? What affect does this have in our working life and those who work within it? Together in this podcast we delve deeper into these issues. /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/20831342

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 2 What is CRT? 09/24/2021

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 2 What is CRT? Much has been said about what this idea is but do we really know what it is? In this podcast I reveal the basic structure of CRT and its development and use today as well as how it can be applied to accounting and business settings /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/20138267

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 3 Why Do we not have more Black Partners and CEOs 09/24/2021

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 3 Why Do we not have more Black Partners and CEOs For many years I have pondered this vexing issue. Why don't we have more Black partners and CEOs around the area of financial service provision and business in general? In this episode we begin to explore some causes and perhaps suggest remedies that would see greater representation of Black professionals and other people of color in the C-Suite. /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/20223173

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 1 Race talk as Threat 09/24/2021

Counting Black and White Beans Episode 1 Race talk as Threat Why don’t we really talk about race or racism in polite society? We don’t talk about it accounting circles for the most part because its difficult to do. In this podcast I seek to upend this. Talk is good and I hope this will be the start of a great conversation around race and what it means in society and accounting. /episode/index/show/blackandwhitebeans/id/20223062

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