As a Black Woman in Business for 2 Decades, Here's How I've Learned to Navigate Microaggressions and Racism in
As a Black Woman in Business for 2 Decades, Here's How I've Learned to Navigate Microaggressions and Racism in Networking
Bianca B. King -
"And your problem is you're Black," she said without missing a beat, after enumerating the other problematic issues of different people from her perspective. Please hold your outrage and pick up your jaw — that's what I heard from a fellow attendee at a woman's conference during a breakout session earlier this year (yes, in 2022).
While everything in me wanted to "Will Smith slap" the white woman who boldly stood before me and uttered those words, I restrained myself. Why? Because violence is never the answer. Furthermore, who wants to perpetuate the angry Black woman trope, even when it's justified? This encounter is just one instance of a 24-year business career full of moments like these I've endured as a Black woman while networking.
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Bianca B. King -
"And your problem is you're Black," she said without missing a beat, after enumerating the other problematic issues of different people from her perspective. Please hold your outrage and pick up your jaw — that's what I heard from a fellow attendee at a woman's conference during a breakout session earlier this year (yes, in 2022).
While everything in me wanted to "Will Smith slap" the white woman who boldly stood before me and uttered those words, I restrained myself. Why? Because violence is never the answer. Furthermore, who wants to perpetuate the angry Black woman trope, even when it's justified? This encounter is just one instance of a 24-year business career full of moments like these I've endured as a Black woman while networking.
READ MORE: As a Black Woman in Business for 2 Decades, Here's How I've Learned to Navigate Microaggressions and Racism in Networking https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusin...
