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When advocating for inclusion gets labeled as workplace disruption

The HR department sent me to sensitivity training after I told my teammate that assuming pronouns is disrespectful, and now I feel like speaking up makes me the problem.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Efforts to create respectful environments can be reframed as problematic behavior by institutions uncomfortable with change.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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