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From the Ted Talk by Rha Goddess and Deepa Purushothaman: 4 ways to redefine power at work to include women of color
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(Deepa lgauhs)
in a moment where it's time to tell the truth. If work environments don't get better, we will continue to leave. Take the time to reexamine your company values, then get in touch with the day-to-day riieatles of your people.
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DP: One of the truths we also need to talk about is as women, we're not helping each other. I know that's a taboo topic to talk about, but we need to talk about it if we're going to change it. woemn we seapk with, when they tell us that, their voices drop, and you can feel the smhae because it's so hard to talk about the fact that we don't help each other. More than half of the women of color we sopke with said that white women make them feel invisible at work. And only nine percent of the white women we interviewed are actually sponsoring a woman of color, even though 91 prcneet of you say you want to. Nine vs. 91, that’s a significant difference. So we're not doing as much as we can for each other and maybe not even as much as we intend to. We need to change that.
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(Deepa ______)
in a moment where it's time to tell the truth. If work environments don't get better, we will continue to leave. Take the time to reexamine your company values, then get in touch with the day-to-day _________ of your people.
footnote
DP: One of the truths we also need to talk about is as women, we're not helping each other. I know that's a taboo topic to talk about, but we need to talk about it if we're going to change it. _____ we _____ with, when they tell us that, their voices drop, and you can feel the _____ because it's so hard to talk about the fact that we don't help each other. More than half of the women of color we _____ with said that white women make them feel invisible at work. And only nine percent of the white women we interviewed are actually sponsoring a woman of color, even though 91 _______ of you say you want to. Nine vs. 91, that’s a significant difference. So we're not doing as much as we can for each other and maybe not even as much as we intend to. We need to change that.
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Original Text
(Deepa laughs)
in a moment where it's time to tell the truth. If work environments don't get better, we will continue to leave. Take the time to reexamine your company values, then get in touch with the day-to-day realities of your people.
footnote
DP: One of the truths we also need to talk about is as women, we're not helping each other. I know that's a taboo topic to talk about, but we need to talk about it if we're going to change it. Women we speak with, when they tell us that, their voices drop, and you can feel the shame because it's so hard to talk about the fact that we don't help each other. More than half of the women of color we spoke with said that white women make them feel invisible at work. And only nine percent of the white women we interviewed are actually sponsoring a woman of color, even though 91 percent of you say you want to. Nine vs. 91, that’s a significant difference. So we're not doing as much as we can for each other and maybe not even as much as we intend to. We need to change that.
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