The Elephant in the Room

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