In this episode, we hear from Tonya, an African American woman with a seat at the table. Tonya shares the daily jabs of trauma related to the intersectionality of her race, her gender, and her position of power.



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More resources direct from today's guest:



The “pet to threat” phenomenon of black women in the workplace is a master class in microaggression and career sabotage.

https://zora.medium.com/when-black-women-go-from-office-pet-to-office-threat-83bde710332e

Ignore the politics, and note how many other black women chimed in with a “Yes, and…” Kamala Harris is not a unicorn – just your basic, above average Olympian for the games we’ve all been trained for.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-black-women_n_5f7f343ac5b600470a9955b8

And believe it or not: Nightflyers by George R. R. Martin. It’s only a novella, so read it twice: Once with your eyes, and then once with mine. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67958.Nightflyers