"I was told I was not collaborative and a good “culture fit” when I walked in front of my male co-presenter on stage to better engage with an audience of 150 people.
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"When I was a 21 y.o. grad student, I experienced sexual harassment by my supervisor. He regularly made comments about my body and the bodies of other female students. When I told him I was wearing red socks for Valentine's Day, he asked me if I was wearing a red thong to match.
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"My male CEO continually and frequently would disagree with me before finishing a sentence as my experience wasn't as valid as his. He told me this in a 121."
"My colleagues tell me that I don't have any commitments at home and therefore have the ability to stay late at work. It hurts because I didn't choose not to have children - it's how life turned out for me."
"A leader in our agency referred to a creative concept as gay. Which might have been ok if they meant homosexual but instead they just meant to say it was bad."
"You chose to not put me on a sports brand because of my gender despite the knowledge of my athletic background and my past career experience working on a major sporting event."
"I told my supervisor I was being treated for depression to explain the changes in my demeanor at work and elicit his support. A few months later, I called out sick. When I returned to work, he said with a sneer, Were you really sick? Or was it just your 'depression'?
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"I bring up our lack of diversity on our team again and again - review after review with my manager - and no change. After announcing I was leaving my manager was shocked and repeatedly asked why I was leaving if I was doing great and had been given a raise. Why? Lack of diversity."
"I was told I was not collaborative and a good “culture fit” when I walked in front of my male co-presenter on stage to better engage with an audience of 150 people."
Upon receiving a counter offer from my company after tendering my resignation — my supervisor noted to me during the salary negotiations to remain at the firm “aren’t you retiring soon anyways?”
"A White service rep boldly applied a Black stereotype when he asked 'Oh you grew up with your father in your home?' Then he delivered a backhanded compliment by saying 'And you’re doing so well! Your parents must be so proud' as if it came as a surprise to him."
"When leadership would call me a creative director but refused to give me the title and compensation that goes with it — all the while formally promoting my male counterparts."
"A supervisor on my job told me "they're never going to give you the Assistant Principal job - you're not married and that makes them think your life isn't settled. Find a more mature man and get that part of your life together, and watch how God moves your career.
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"I told my boss that I had to take short term disability to recover from surgery. On my last day in the office as we were reviewing my handoff document for coverage he said, "You don't even look sick." And he wondered why I didn't feel like I could confide in him."
"The firm removed me from a long-term corporate client and placed me with a nonprofit one solely to present a “Black face” after another police killing of an unarmed Black man. I was the only Black person on the team."
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