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Her manager and senior leadership failed to address the recent fatalities, both with internal and external communication.
She received an immediate response.
I found myself just cryinglike randomly, unexpectedly crying, she says.
I couldnt pinpoint where the pain was coming from.
But I just knew it was pain.
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I couldnt really stop it, or anticipate it, or explain it.
We still have to compensate for where white people just dont understand the spaces.
Ultimately, the white colleagues examined their exclusionary approach and expressed desire to host a POC-led upcoming discussion instead.
Dismantling racism means giving up privilege, she says.
It means giving up all the ways in which white people have had advantages over people of color.
I really question whether a lot of white people are really ready for that.
I think that remains to be seen.
What Lawson is really invested in, though, is conversations that will lead to policy changes .
We, as Black professionals, are in some powerful rooms.
Our responsibility, henceforth, is to keep our foot on the gas.
Keep our foot on the gas and show up exactly as we are, says the tech professional.
Show up and bring our full selves to every meeting, to every job, to every interview.
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