Enough is enough: Identifying and overcoming acts of anti-Black performative allyship in the peer-review process

The purpose of our article is to provide insights as to how anti-Black performative allyship in the peer-review process obstructs the advancement of Black scholarship in management and organization studies (MOS). To accomplish this, we rely on critical race theory (CRT) to (1) contextualize and conceptualize anti-Black performative allyship within the peer-review process and explain its harmful effects; (2) identify three specific acts of anti-Black performative allyship within the peer-review process; (3) use narrative accounts to demonstrate our experiences with these acts of anti-Black performative allyship within the peer-review process; and (4) discuss corrective steps toward the realization of genuine allyship by MOS to advance Black scholarship. Theoretical implications are discussed.