Periagoge
Scenario

When teams tokenize colleagues for diversity input

I'm the only person of color on our creative team and my white colleagues keep asking me to weigh in on 'diversity' in our projects, but when I bring up how our actual work environment operates, they change the subject.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Someone is being asked to represent difference while their lived experience of exclusion is simultaneously ignored.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Privilege and its acknowledgment?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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