Inclusion Starts With I

00:03:28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g88Ju6nkcg

Summary

TLDRThe script addresses the daily struggles faced by individuals due to biases related to gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and more. It underscores the frustration of assumptions and double standards in both personal and professional areas of life, advocating for a world where everyone is valued and their differences seen as strengths. It highlights striking imbalances, such as pay disparity and underrepresentation of women of color in leadership, while showcasing how inclusion and diversity can enhance team performance. The video calls for individuals to ignite change by embracing these values to create a better world.

Takeaways

  • 🤔 Feeling judged or out of place in meetings due to identity.
  • 😠 Frustration with gender-based double standards.
  • 😢 Annoyance over family commitment stereotypes.
  • 💪 Pressure to perform without discussing emotions.
  • 😟 Anxiety about revealing personal life details.
  • 😳 Mistaken identity based on ethnicity.
  • 💼 Strain of workplace language barriers.
  • 😤 Exasperation over assumptions of skill and ambition.
  • 😡 Indignation over unequal recognition in promotions.
  • 📊 Staggering gender and ethnicity pay gaps highlighted.
  • 🏥 Mental health affects 1 in 4 annually; inclusion boosts team performance by 50%.
  • 🗣️ Call to action for individuals to promote inclusion and diversity.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:03:28

    The transcript discusses various forms of workplace inequalities and biases that individuals face based on gender, ethnicity, family responsibilities, disability, and other personal attributes. It highlights the discomfort and prejudice individuals experience in professional settings, including being underestimated or mislabeled due to their background, family roles, or personal characteristics. The text emphasizes the broader societal issue of inequality, citing statistics on wage disparity, lack of diversity in leadership, and discrimination faced by minorities, including women of color, disabled people, and transgender individuals. It calls for inclusion and diversity as not merely abstract concepts but as factors directly affecting individuals' well-being, creativity, and problem-solving abilities. The conclusion urges personal commitment to inclusion, recognizing it as essential for a better future and as an opportunity for each person to contribute to positive change.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the main theme of the script?

    Promoting inclusion and diversity in society and the workplace.

  • What aspects of identity does the video discuss?

    It highlights gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, background, disability, culture, age, and mental health.

  • What issues does the video aim to address?

    It underscores common stereotypes and biases based on identity aspects.

  • How does diversity affect team performance?

    It claims that diverse teams boost performance by 50%.

  • What statistical imbalances are mentioned regarding diversity?

    It highlights the gender pay gap, low representation of women of color in leadership, and discrimination faced by disabled and transgender individuals.

  • What is the call to action in the script?

    The script calls for personal commitment to inclusion and diversity, starting with 'be the one' to make a difference.

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  • 00:00:20
    It's the unease of walking into a meeting where no-one else looks like me...
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    ...and the unease of being judged when I leave early to pick-up my children.
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    It's the frustration when I am not asked for my opinion or talked over in meetings...
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    ...and the frustration of asserting my opinion, only to be labeled aggressive or angry.
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    It's the annoyance when people presume I am less committed to my family life, because I am a man...
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    ...and the annoyance when people presume I am less committed to my work, because I am a mother.
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    It's the pressure to be super-human and not talk about how I'm really feeling...
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    ...and the pressure to fit in.
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    It's the anxiety of sharing my personal life, because most people around me are heterosexual...
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    ...and the anxiety of how others will react to my disability.
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    It's the awkwardness when I get mistaken for someone else of the same ethnicity...
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    ...and the awkwardness when my client assumes that my white male colleague is in charge.
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    It's the strain of feeling I am expected to do more, simply because I don't have children...
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    ...and the strain when conversations aren't in my first language.
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    It's the exasperation of being labeled entitled and lacking drive...
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    ...and the exasperation when people assume I don't have relevant skills or ambition anymore.
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    It's the indignation of feeling that my promotion is not celebrated as much as others...
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    ...and the indignation when you think I was promoted just because I am a woman.
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    It's about the everyday. It's about the big and the small.
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    It's about the fact that...
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    ...for every $100 a woman makes, a man makes $258...
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    ...women of color hold 3% of C-Suite positions...
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    ...7 in 10 working fathers want to work more flexibly...
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    ...disabled people are significantly more likely to experience unfair treatment at work than non-disabled people...
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    ...transgender people are twice as likely to be unemployed and are four times as likely to live in poverty...
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    ...1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health issue each year...
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    ...and team performance improves by 50% when everyone feels included.
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    Inclusion & Diversity is not just about... Gender. Ethnicity. Sexual Orientation. Background. Disability. Culture. Age. Mental Health.
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    It's about you. It's about me. It's about all of us.
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    We are all human.
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    We are all unique.
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    And we all just want a chance.
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    A chance to feel valued and respected for who we are...
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    ...and for our differences to be embraced as strengths.
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    Inclusion promotes belonging, purpose and wellbeing.
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    Diversity ignites creativity, problem solving and innovation.
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    It's about the type of world we want to live in and the choices we make every day.
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    It's the vision of a better world for our children.
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    And all it takes is one.
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    One person to care. One commitment to act.
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    Be the one.
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    Join the conversation.
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    #InclusionStartsWithI
Tags
  • Inclusion
  • Diversity
  • Bias
  • Equality
  • Identity
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
  • Hiring
  • Workplace
  • Team Performance