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When mixed-race employee groups struggle with internal solidarity

Our workplace affinity group for mixed-race employees keeps getting pulled in different directions because some people want to focus on shared experiences while others want to address how we're positioned differently in the company's racial dynamics. We're supposed to be supporting each other but we can't agree on what that means.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group trying to build collective support discovers that mixed-race identity creates as much difference as commonality.

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“Where Are You with Mixed-race identity and belonging?”

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