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The discrimination I face as a minoritised senior leader in the charity sector is blatant. It has been made abundantly clear that they’d be comfortable with me had I been a junior staffer or beneficiary - but equal footing is far too transgressive. It’s sickening. #CharitySoWhite
Prejudice is so powerful that it overwhelms sense, let alone ‘training’.
The worst offenders I’ve ever seen had already taken an assortment of unconscious bias/inclusion courses.
Bigotry and bullying isn’t exorcised by an away day.
@SaraNAhmed https://twitter.com/irr_news/status/1271126824093958150?lang=en
The worst offenders I’ve ever seen had already taken an assortment of unconscious bias/inclusion courses.
Bigotry and bullying isn’t exorcised by an away day.
@SaraNAhmed https://twitter.com/irr_news/status/1271126824093958150?lang=en
You end up having two to three jobs.
1. The job you’re there to do.
2. Working on a toxic institution.
3. Challenging the harassment you face as a result.
1. The job you’re there to do.
2. Working on a toxic institution.
3. Challenging the harassment you face as a result.
For many of us, it’s impossible to know what we could achieve if we weren’t operating on a booby-trapped obstacle course. All that time lost to fighting for equality and basic dignity.
The very question is a hypothetical. How tragic is that? #CharitySoWhite
The very question is a hypothetical. How tragic is that? #CharitySoWhite
