Black British female managers—The silent catastrophe

The researcher examined the experiences of Black British female managers (BBFM) who worked for Children and Young People's Services (CYPS) operating in UK. following research questions guided this study: How do experience racial microaggressions how they cope with it? Purposive theoretical sampling were used to recruit 10 BBFM CYPS had similar demographic characteristics (i.e., racial/ethnic background managerial experience). Interview transcripts analyzed using constructivist grounded theory (Charmaz, 2006a). Over 200 codes identified extracted from individual interview transcripts. Organizing into categories resulted five themes that highlighted challenging practices perceived thwarted their careers Organizational Culture, On Outside Looking In, Stereotype Threat, Prejudice, Discrimination Institutional Racism Espoused Practice vs. Reality), one theme described coping strategies Silent Catastrophe). Although study is centered on a multisectorial sample, two main conclusions can be drawn study. First, gendered racism curtails career development ways are not experienced by White counterparts. Second, perceive was fundamentally negatively disproportionate aversive. implication leaders must give gender equality, diversity inclusion greater priority.