%0 Journal Article
%T White Allyship of Afro
%A Diana Bilimoria
%A Samantha E. Erskine
%J Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
%@ 1939-7089
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1548051819848993
%X Given the underrepresentation of Afro-Diasporic women in senior leadership roles, this conceptual article points to the transformative potential of antiracist, feminist White allyship to serve as a missing piece in organizations that may propel the career development and leadership advancement of Afro-Diasporic women. We define White allyship as a continuous, reflexive practice of proactively interrogating Whiteness from an intersectionality framework, leveraging one¡¯s position of power and privilege and courageously interrupting the status quo by engaging in prosocial behaviors that foster growth-in-connection and have both the intention and impact of creating mutuality, solidarity, and support of Afro-Diasporic women¡¯s career development and leadership advancement. We describe the behaviors, outcomes, motivations, and detractors of White allyship and offer suggestions for future research. White allyship of Afro-Diasporic women holds important opportunities for meaningful relationships to develop in organizations, for which would-be allies need support, coaching, and training to increase their allyship competence and self-efficacy
%K Afro-Diasporic women
%K White allyship
%K antiracist
%K feminist
%K high-quality relationships
%K intergroup dynamics
%K White privilege
%K White fragility
%K tone policing
%K sponsorship
%K courage
%K tempered radicalism
%K Whiteness
%K tokenism
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1548051819848993