Our nonprofit's leadership team is all white and we've been saying we need to diversify for years but when candidates of color apply we always find reasons why they're 'not quite the right fit.' I'm starting to see the pattern but I don't know how to call it out without accusating people I genuinely like and work well with.
More people experience this than they realize.
Someone is recognizing a systemic problem within a group they belong to, creating tension between loyalty to relationships and accountability to values.
“Where Are You with Indigenous identity and land?”
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