If you are a cis, straight white man reading this, it is not your fault that you are overrepresented in the workplace or that people will not second-guess your abilities. It is your responsibility, though, to understand how people with marginalized identities are often held back at work because they face biases that your privilege has allowed you to be immune from. It is also your responsibility to recognize that just because you have not experienced discrimination, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. You have the power to use your privilege to help create more equitable outcomes for those
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