panel discussions- all centered around this “melting pot” mentality? So why was I on the verge of a breakdown?
The sad truth was that for as many times as I pulled my seat up to the table, either my seat was too short to see over it, or I was rushing into a meeting that no one had informed me of- so it was a lunch I never really felt welcomed to attend.
Basically, the people around me truly didn’t want change.
My story is the story of Blackness in corporate spaces, because even in 2019/2020 we are STILL trying to find seats in environments that give lip service on wanting to address the lack of diversity, and harder still, how to truly be inclusive. And even for those who have mastered the politics of the game- they’re one IG story away from shattering the perception of politically correctness they have toed for so long.
We know the pressure cooker situations that continue to plague us working jobs that truly don’t see us. It’s the equivalency of being in the restaurant but being shushed by the Maître’D for being too loud.
But didn’t you say I was welcome? Can’t you see the conflict of being told in one breath you can