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When survival strategies conflict with racial pride

I changed my name on my resume to sound more white and got three times as many callbacks but now I feel like I betrayed myself.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Practical adaptations to systemic bias force individuals to choose between opportunity and authentic self-representation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Racial identity — lived experience?”

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