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How to Navigate Being the Diversity Hire

I'm the diversity hire and I know it, but I also know I'm genuinely qualified and I can't figure out how to hold both truths.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Identity becomes fragmented when external perceptions of tokenism collide with internal knowledge of merit.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Professional identity and its limits?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.