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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Either have the direct reports formally document their 360 feedback, or have them directly talk to someone else (your supervisor or HR).

But I agree there is probably some implicit/unconscious bias causing the direct reports to be much less tolerant of directness from black woman than they would from a white man, and similarly you (or me) to be much less tolerant of pushback from a black woman than a white man.

The way I have tried to deal with this (as an Asian women) is to be assertive but couch things in soft and “I think…” type language. You could call it assimilation/working within the system/propagating a bad system. But fwiw, I try to speak as softly at home and when I succeed it leads to more pleasant interactions with my family.[/quote]

Is this really true though? I’m not discounting implicit bias. I think it’s a legitimate thing and I’ve done various trainings on the topic but as an employee I honestly don’t think I hold any implicit bias in terms of how I relate to a supervisor. I think you are fair or not, competent or not, effective or not etc…and I’m certainly not more inclined to think better of a white man or be more forgiving. [/quote]

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