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When you become the unofficial diversity educator at work

My white coworkers keep asking me to explain why certain jokes are offensive and I am exhausted from being the only Black person who has to educate everyone while trying to do my actual job.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The burden of racial education falls disproportionately on those who are already marginalized, creating additional labor without recognition or compensation.

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