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When business partners experience racial dynamics differently

My cofounder is white and I'm Black and there are microaggressions from clients that she doesn't always catch and when I bring them up she gets defensive instead of curious and it's affecting how we work together.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two partners are struggling to create shared awareness around racial dynamics that only one of them directly experiences.

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“Where Are You with Racial identity — lived experience?”

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