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Why educating others becomes emotional burden

My white colleagues keep asking me to explain why certain things are racist and I'm tired of being their cultural translator.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The expectation for minorities to continuously educate about racism transforms workplace relationships into unpaid diversity training sessions.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Racial identity — lived experience?”

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