Black and White on Wall Street: The Unwritten Code on Race
American finance is promising to confront its failures over race. Its Black employees aren’t so sure.
Here are 13 unwritten rules about being Black on Wall Street, according to people who’ve lived it:
Not everyone on Wall Street, Black or White, will agree with all those statements. These unwritten rules, and others like them, were gleaned from dozens of conversations with Black bankers and traders during the past month, as racism exploded into the national conversation.