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When professional advancement requires participating in your own tokenization

My company celebrates diversity month by putting my face on promotional materials and I need the visibility for my career but I feel like a prop in their performance.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Career opportunities often come packaged with requirements to serve as diversity symbols rather than being valued for individual contributions.

Ideas that help explain it
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