Racial Targets

Racial targets are nonbinding, voluntary statements about goals to hire, retain, or promote people of color in the future. This chapter examines how companies have used racial targets and assesses the role of racial targets as part of the broader project of using race-conscious disclosures to show concern for and action toward addressing racial inequality. The chapter also discusses how companies attempted to meet their racial targets and argues that some corporate strategies to do so may have further entrenched racial inequality. The chapter illustrates the potential tensions between the positive aims of disclosures and their potential challenges for racial progress.