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When racial fetishization enables workplace harassment

I was sexually harassed by a supervisor who kept talking about my 'exotic' features and when I reported it HR asked if I was sure it wasn't just cultural miscommunication.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The sexualization of racial ambiguity creates vulnerabilities that institutions are often unwilling or unable to recognize as discrimination.

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