A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Institutional Racial Paralysis in Organizational Culture

This article uses critical race theory (CRT) to explore institutional racial paralysis (IRP) in organizational culture. Utilizing a CRT lens, the authors identify four stages of IRP: idleness, concealment, evolving modus operandi, and pervasive. The major tenets of CRT are utilized to reveal colorbl...

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Published in:Public integrity 2021-09, Vol.23 (5), p.484-495
Main Authors: Conyers, Addrain, Wright Fields, Christina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corporate culture
Critical race theory
Hegemony
idleness
institutional racial paralysis
Organizational culture
Public administration
Race
racial paralysis
Systemic racism
white hegemony
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Summary:This article uses critical race theory (CRT) to explore institutional racial paralysis (IRP) in organizational culture. Utilizing a CRT lens, the authors identify four stages of IRP: idleness, concealment, evolving modus operandi, and pervasive. The major tenets of CRT are utilized to reveal colorblindness and White hegemony as a justification for remaining idle on issues of race. The authors argue that IRP is not a new phenomenon, but rather a byproduct of institutional racism. This article joins an expanding list of scholarship encouraging discourse that engages CRT as an instrumental theory in contemporary issues of race in public administration.
ISSN:1099-9922
1558-0989
DOI:10.1080/10999922.2020.1832365