📸: Brianna Bryson/Getty Images In many workplaces, being “seen” is often spoken about as a positive — recognition, visibility, being known for your contributions. But for professionals of color, being seen has historically been complicated (and flat-out dangerous). Visibility has not always meant safety, fairness, or understanding. Sometimes it has meant scrutiny, stereotype, or pressure to perform in ways that make others comfortable. This tension is why moments of authenti

By: Dr. Lisa Marie Lee One hundred years. One century of proclamations, curricula, school assemblies, corporate emails, and social media posts declaring how far we have come. And yet, here we are. Same cycles. Same suppressions. Same trauma, just repackaged for a new generation. So let's be realistic about what this centennial actually reveals: we have learned practically nothing. That is not a condemnation of Black people. It is an indictment of a system engineered to e

Black History Month has always carried complexity in the workplace. It has meant celebration and curated acknowledgment, but also performance and careful recognition. This year, however, the atmosphere feels different. Across industries, diversity initiatives have been scaled back, renamed, or blatantly dissolved. Cultural programming has grown cautious and messaging has thinned. What once felt publicly embraced now feels ignored. And for Black, Brown, and Cultured professio