They cosplay our identity, cash our culture, then cosign our erasure. Da'Vinchi said the quiet part on a podcast. The workplace has been saying it in meetings for years. By: Dr. Lisa Marie Lee Image of Da' Vinchi created with Gemini Da'Vinchi built his career playing a Black American icon on BMF. Then he sat on Cam Newton's podcast and called Black Americans "incompetent" and "lazy." When Newton named the stereotype that Caribbean and African Black people think they're bette

The question is not whether today's employees caused historical harm. The question is whether institutions still benefit from it while refusing to measure what their systems produce now. By Dr. Lisa Marie Lee Your employer may not have existed during slavery. Its predecessor institutions may have. Its industry may have. The capital, property, insurance practices, banking relationships, and accumulated market power that helped build an institution may still shape how it opera

You’re allowed to grieve the job you thought you’d have by now. You’re also allowed to ask yourself whether you still want it.