Category: race

• Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Learning to Dream

  

  After more than 20 years as a Black woman in the workforce, I’m finally learning to know what I want, to ask for it, and to not be (too) surprised when I receive it.

  Irie.

  April 5, 2021

  blog, culture, race, wellness

  black women and imposter syndrome, black women in the workplace, having it all, imposter syndrome, women in the workplace, women of color in the workplace, workplace

• Marvel’s new series is exploring race. Its observations couldn’t be more timely.

  

  As Chauvin’s defense attorney tries to convince the world that George Floyd would still be alive if only he hadn’t been so big and the crowd hadn’t been so angry, a fictional series offers a dose of reality by insisting that no matter how extraordinary a Black man is, racism still lurks around every corner.

  Irie.

  April 2, 2021

  blog, culture, race

  chauvin, disney, donald williams II, falcon, falcon and winter soldier, george floyd, marvel, winter soldier

• Is Meghan Markle Black? Does she have to be?

  

  Why are we still using a racist paradigm to define Blackness, and does a person’s decision to identify as biracial mean they’re disconnected from their Black heritage?  

  Irie.

  March 29, 2021

  blog, culture, race

  biracial, meghan markle, multiracial, oprah winfrey, prince harry, race, racial identity, royal family, sussex, woman of color