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How to handle assumptions about diversity hiring

Someone at work assumed I was the diversity hire and I spent all day wondering if they were right and if that makes my accomplishments less valid.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very programs meant to create equity can become weapons that undermine the legitimacy of those they aim to support.

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