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When inclusion becomes performative tokenism in professional settings

I am tired of being the diversity hire who gets asked to join every committee but never gets listened to when I actually share my perspective.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The illusion of representation without the substance of influence creates a more sophisticated form of marginalization.

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