Review of Overcoming Systemic Prejudice and Discrimination

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[Following is a volunteer review of "Overcoming Systemic Prejudice and Discrimination" by J. Dawson Williams, D. Min..]
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Having to work in a toxic environment is draining and harmful to one's health and well-being. It not only affects your mental health but also your physical health and your motivation to work hard as you intended. Overcoming Systemic Prejudice and Discrimination by J. Dawson Williams, D. Min., addresses such situations in the workplace, as well as offering relevant solutions to individuals and institutions facing prejudice and discrimination.

Dawson Williams has served for more than three decades as a counselor, coach and consultant. Over the years, Dawson Williams has encountered numerous clients who have shared their experiences of inflicting or perpetuating bias on their subordinates. Institutionalized prejudice and discrimination have continued because there is a system built to protect those who inflict unjust treatment on their subordinates. They achieve their goals by instilling fear in the team members, leading them to believe that all levels of power endorse the unfair treatment they receive. Consequently, the team members are forced to either resign or endure these unjust conditions, with the majority opting to stay due to financial obligations.

What I loved the most about the book is that the author creates awareness for all those individuals going through prejudice and discrimination in their workplace. They learn that they can document their experiences, talk to trusted individuals about their situations, and choose to take care of themselves, while others opt to seek employment elsewhere. The author shares successful stories of people who filed a grievance report and were helped. Through such stories, the author encourages readers that, with sheer determination, they, too, can receive help.

There is nothing I liked the least about the book; instead, readers are able to learn the thought process, tactics, and ways the master manipulators utilize to try to inflict unjust treatment on their fellow team members. They have repeatedly instilled fear in subordinate members, gaslighted them, withheld resources that make them miss their deadlines and implicate them as incompetent, or even yelled and used abusive language towards them. Readers who go through these situations will, therefore, seek out appropriate channels that can help deal with the situation. To neutralize or end these unjust treatments from supervisors, the executives should make sure that all the participants start, compete and finish on a level playing field.

This book encourages many institutions and agencies to stand against prejudice and discrimination to more effectively and efficiently overcome systemic processes that sustain unjust and unequal practices. For these reasons and those previously mentioned, I give this book a maximum rating of five out of five stars. The book is incredibly well-edited as I noticed no grammatical errors or mistakes. Therefore, I recommend this book to individuals experiencing unjust treatment in their workplace, as it will provide them with the appropriate processes and solutions to help them stop the unjust behavior permanently.

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