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Remember, you have to work twice as hard as them white kids, even though you just as smart.
Never get your honey where you make your money.
The lone Black person, expected to speak on behalf of Black folks everywhere, the one expected to represent the success or failure of every Black woman who worked in corporate America.
everything happens for a reason
Racism is exhausting and embarrassing,
without Black people in the upper ranks?” “You’d be surprised how few Black people there are in the executive ranks of major companies. It’s getting better, but we still have a long way to go.”
The heartache hits different when someone you love so deeply is physically present but mentally a hundred miles away.
first rule of corporate politics: protect your ass with allies.
Mistakes don’t make nobody bad. It makes ’em human.”
New money has no class.”
“I’m in HR. I don’t see race. I only see people.”
