EMpower Strategy Group

A few months ago, while the anti Black racism rallies were taking place - after George Floyd's murder, a co-worker asked a friend: "Why can't Black people be like the Chinese and stop complaining" She was very upset and went to HR, but was ignored. This model minority myth must be debunked. It's time we work together to address racism in all its manifestations.... https://www.thestar.com//the-model-minority-myth-explained

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"Here we are in 2020 and women and people of color are still confronted with these stereotypes. You have to think very hard all the time: How is this going to be taken? Am I smiling enough? Am I not smiling? Is my voice too high? Am I talking too fast? Am I appearing to be angry? Is what I'm wearing going to be seen as schoolmarmish or too sexy?" Walsh said. "When you are a woman running at the highest level, and you are a Black woman, there is this overlay of double standards that is really taxing and something that is part of the calculus all the time." https://www.usatoday.com//vp-debate-kamala-har/5924748002/

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