Our startup team is all people of color but we're finding that doesn't mean we have the same perspectives on how to handle discrimination from investors or whether to emphasize our diversity in our pitch materials and it's creating tension in meetings.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group assumed shared racial experience would create unified strategy, but different relationships to racial identity are surfacing fundamental disagreements about business decisions.
“Where Are You with Racial identity — lived experience?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.