# Prof. Steven Blader on an NAACP suggestion to fast-track underrepresented workers

1 Faculty News January 31, 2014 ![Marketplace Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketplace_logo.jpg?itok=IIav3Udj)>

Excerpt from [Marketplace](http://www.marketplace.org/topics/wealth-poverty/should-companies-put-underrepresented-workers-fast-track-top) -- "...[Blader](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/steven-blader) says, even if fast-tracking isn’t officially acknowledged, it’s a common practice, and so are the problems it can cause – no matter what demographic the fast-tracked worker is from. Imagine, says Blader, that you’re a worker watching your colleague get promoted quickly. 'I feel demotivated,' he says. 'I feel that no matter how hard I try, I may not benefit from all those efforts, because \[the organization is\] prioritizing things besides my efforts, and skills, and abilities. And as a result, I'm going to become more complacent, because I’m going to kind of start to feel like, "What’s the point?"'"

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