Our department hired three new people of color this year as part of our equity initiative, but the office culture hasn't changed and now there's this weird tension where the white staff act like they're walking on eggshells and the new hires seem increasingly isolated.
More people experience this than they realize.
Structural change without cultural transformation creates new forms of exclusion.
“Where Are You with Identity and money — what wealth does to selfhood?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.