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Quick story. I was facilitating a session and a WW stayed back to process. She wanted to grapple with "reverse racism" she said her father experienced when she was a child. He applied for a job, but was told that although he was qualified, the job had to go up a Black person. 1/
I didn't think to ask this fast enough, but I'm assuming the hiring person was W because it was back in the day and only a handful of BIPOC people, like Daniel Cameron, would even say something like that. 2/
A few questions that I want us to consider before bringing something like this up for dinner discussion.
What would be the purpose of a W hiring manager sharing that with another W person?
What does that comment say about how the W hiring manager feels about Black ppl?
What would be the purpose of a W hiring manager sharing that with another W person?
What does that comment say about how the W hiring manager feels about Black ppl?
What could the W person who didn't get hired now think about Black people?
Who becomes the scapegoat and for what reason?
What would it be like for a Black person (assuredly equally qualified) who eventually gets that job? How long do they stay?
Who becomes the scapegoat and for what reason?
What would it be like for a Black person (assuredly equally qualified) who eventually gets that job? How long do they stay?
Quick aside - Most Black people (minus a Kanye) wouldn't apply for and get a job that they were grossly under qualified for. It doesn't happen like that for us.
I'm deeply committed to y'all asking better questions so y'all can see for yourselves.
Black people, and other folx of Color, are not the enemies they are made out to be. So my final question is,
Why do you choose to keep believing that?
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Black people, and other folx of Color, are not the enemies they are made out to be. So my final question is,
Why do you choose to keep believing that?
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