Since 2022, the Heldrich Center has explored workers’ perceptions of and experiences with racial and ethnic discrimination at work and opinions of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and practices. The study included a survey using a comprehensive, national probability-based sample of 3,277 full- and part-time U.S. workers and 20 in-depth, one-on-one interviews with workers to explore the nuances of the issues raised in the survey. This brief summarizes two approaches in which the project findings may be used by policymakers, researchers, employers, and workers for their own research needs:

• Using the semi-structured interview protocols and selected findings to provide context to survey questions and inform future research efforts related to measuring and talking about discrimination, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
• Using the study’s quantitative survey data, archived for public use, to encourage further substantive and methodological research.