LibraryScenariosWhen partners have different ideas about how to practice equity
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When partners have different ideas about how to practice equity

My business partner handles our company's diversity hiring and I just found out she's been rejecting qualified candidates of color because she's worried about seeming like we're just checking boxes and I don't know how to address this without destroying our relationship.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people who believe in fairness are operating from such different frameworks that one person's attempt to avoid harm is creating the very harm they're trying to prevent.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Living justly in an unjust world?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.