The majority of respondents in the Milwaukee area (65% of people of color and 80% of white people) work for organizations with less than 50% people of color in leadership (compared to 61% of people of color and 85% of white people nationally).

White respondents in the region were more likely to report having mentors at their workplace (65%) than people of color in Milwaukee (45%), people of color nationally (48%), and white respondents nationally (56%),

Almost three quarters of people of color respondents reported they were working or lower class during childhood (72% locally vs. 62% nationally), compared to 38% of white respondents locally and nationally.