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How assumptions about your politics can derail your career

I work for a human rights organization and my colleagues assume I support Israel because I am Jewish even though I have never expressed that view and it is affecting how they treat me professionally.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are experiencing how visible identity markers can override your actual beliefs and values in professional spaces.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Jewish tikkun olam — repairing the world?”

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