NEARLY 83% of 700 respondents in an American Management Association survey have witnessed unconscious bias by others in the workplace and 80% admit to having been guilty of unconscious bias themselves. Sixty-six percent of employees surveyed said their company has a diversity and inclusion policy, but only 40% of respondents think that policy is being properly implemented.

HARVARD Business Review is reviving the topic of Employee Resource Groups. It cited a 2014 survey conducted by Software Advice that showed 70% of U.S. respondents 18 to 24 years old and 52% of respondents between 25 and 34 years old said they would be more likely to apply for a role at a company that had an Employee Resource Group. ERGs — groups of employees who share a race, gender or other commonality — identify and help develop internal leaders and lead to higher retention rates.

A survey by Pew Research found 31% of of Asian adults say they have been subject to slurs or jokes since the Covid-19 outbreak began, compared with 21% of Black adults, 15% of Hispanic adults and 8% of white adults. At the same time, 51% of Black adults say they have heard expressions of support because of their race or ethnicity since the coronavirus outbreak.

PEOPLE of color worry about the optics of wearing a mask. Pew revealed 42% of Black Americans and 36% of Asian Americans report they worry a great deal or a fair amount that other people might be suspicious of them because of their race or ethnicity if they wear a mask or face covering when in stores or other businesses. About a quarter of Hispanic adults (23%) and just 5% of white adults say they worry about this.

DESPITE these concerns, a majority of Black (69%) and Asian (80%) adults, and white (62%) and Hispanic (74%) adults, say they’ve worn a mask or a face covering all or most of the time in the past month, when out in stores or other businesses, according to the Pew survey.