The changing demographics of the U.S. work force are making diversity management more important. One area in which such management is necessary is between European-American women and women of color. These groups are working together in greater numbers and in a greater variety of formal relationships than ever before. The problem is particularly difficult given that there are few role models or guidelines in place for women in the workforce.
Statistics show that more white women are managers than women of color.
This leads to an oversimplification of the differences among women, and several false assumptions are made. These false assumptions are listed and discussed in the main body of the article. It has been found that members of the dominant culture are frequently suspicious of gatherings of members of minority groups. They do not recognize that they themselves have the privilege of gathering with others in the dominant culture. This results in an abeyant model of thinking at the organizational level, which tends to view white women more like white men and women of color more like white women.