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How teams navigate racial dynamics after diversity hiring

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.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Structural change without cultural transformation creates new forms of exclusion.

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