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Scenario

How to navigate workplace emotional labor and discrimination

My restaurant job expects me to smile and be friendly even when customers are racist to me because the tips are better when I do not react.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Service work demands the performance of emotional availability even in the face of dehumanizing treatment.

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Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Labor rights and worker justice?”

Peri

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