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When diverse teams struggle to address how race and masculinity intersect in workplace dynamics

Our team hired me specifically to bring a different perspective as a Black man but some of my white male colleagues seem threatened by direct conversations about race and masculinity intersecting in our industry. When I bring up systemic issues they deflect or say I'm making everything about race, but the problems are real and affecting our work.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A team is failing to navigate the intersection of racial and gender identity in their professional collaboration.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Masculinity — constructed and contested?”

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