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How to address potential racial bias in paralegal work assignments

I am the only Black paralegal at my firm and I notice I get assigned to research and filing while white paralegals get client-facing work and I do not know if I am imagining it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You keep getting the lesser work and can't tell if it's discrimination or your imagination.

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