Not for the first time, I have noticed how few white leaders are there. It’s almost as though diversity work is just for people who are minoritised.
I am pondering this, when a young leader calls me out: “As a white person, you can decide whether or not to prioritise anti-racism. As a black person I can’t, because I face racism every day. I can’t just leave it behind when I go home, like you can.”
It was a painful truth, even for those of us who consider ourselves allies and can point to change we’ve helped to create. It’s all too easy to treat diversity and inclusion as another priority to be done, or something to be delegated to someone else, rather than as a way of being, thinking, acting. Is that true of you? Be honest with yourself.
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