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When diversity efforts make you the token expert

My coworkers keep asking me to explain my culture during diversity trainings and I feel like I became the spokesperson for my entire ethnicity without applying for the job.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Well-intentioned inclusion can burden individuals with representing entire communities.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Human rights framework?”

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