The Elephant in the Room

By Phillip Jacob

Derek Blain is a young, up-and-coming Black executive hired to deliver the keynote speech at a corporate summit on equity. Things get... complicated.

Derek experiences perilous death threats, mind-opening conversations, and unexpected microaggressions at the summit. He also discovers a new set of opportunities, hazards, and plain awkwardness surrounding racial conversations in the workplace. His fellow facilitators - each a respected DEI practitioner - reveal their own wisdom and limitations as they examine hot button topics like reparations, Black Lives Matter, and Whiteness. Meanwhile, just outside, a notorious White supremacist group forms an armed protest.

A parable in a power suit, The Elephant in the Room reckons with present-day workplace racism. The story provides opportunities for professionals to practice navigating the intricacies of racial difference.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1736820958
• ISBN13: 9781736820957
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Blue Cactus Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"