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When institutions want your face but not your voice

The college wants me to be the Native American spokesperson for their diversity campaign but they will not hire more Indigenous faculty or change their mascot.

Juana
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Someone is asked to provide legitimacy to organizations that resist meaningful change.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous rights and land justice?”

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