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How to navigate being tokenized while needing the opportunity

My company wants me to be the face of their diversity initiative because I'm Black but I know they're just checking boxes and I need this job.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional advancement becomes entangled with the compromise of being used as symbolic representation.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Public life and legacy management?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.