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How racial gaslighting undermines leadership in predominantly white spaces

I am the only person of color on our school board and every time I bring up equity issues they say I am making everything about race.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The denial of racial reality functions to preserve systems that benefit from inequality.

Ideas that help explain it
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