Tag: black in the workplace

• What does it mean to be ambitious?

  

  Recognizing what motivates me – and remembering the ambitious Black men and women from my childhood  – has helped me broaden my understanding of what it means to be ambitious.

  Irie.

  May 2, 2022

  blog, culture, race

  ambition, ambitious, black in the workplace, woman in the workplace

• Microaggressions Are Not Micro.

  

  While microaggressions may seem small, they are often anything but.

  Irie.

  September 13, 2021

  blog, culture, race

  black in the workplace, colleyville, critical race theory, crt, ibram x. kendi, james whitfield, microaggressions, racist abuse, women in the workplace, workplace microagressions

• On being used as a token.

  

  Sometimes, you don’t realize you’re being used as a token until it’s too late.

  Irie.

  May 17, 2021

  blog, race

  african american working, assertiveness, black in the workplace, black professional, black women assertiveness in the workplace, microgressions, token, tokenization, women assertiveness in the workplace, working mother, working woman, workplace microagressions