White Hiring Managers Are Rejecting Black Candidates Because of Racial Bias, Corporate Executive Says

Corporate decision makers often pick a white candidate for a job over an equally qualified black candidate because of unconscious bias based on race, a National Grid executive said. Marcy L. Reed, president of National Grid Massachusetts and vice president of U.S. policy and social impact for the British-owned utility, participated in an online panel discussion on race hosted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Friday, June 12.

Corporate decision makers often pick a white candidate for a job over an equally qualified black candidate because of unconscious bias based on race, a National Grid executive said. Marcy L. Reed, president of National Grid Massachusetts and vice president of U.S. policy and social impact for the British-owned utility, participated in an online panel discussion on race hosted by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on Friday, June 12.…