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[quote=Anonymous]Minorities are often invisible to the members of the privileged majority, even if not openly vilified. I’ll give an example. I work in an extremely progressive nonprofit organization, where the majority of employees are white. The entire accounting team as well as HR and operations is black. Most of the people don’t even know the names of the people in accounting. It’s so apparent. One day a person was giving a tour to new employees. He named teams and pointed out.people naming them as they walked through the office. He walked right by this black team with no mention or hesitation. Our comptroller who is black had to say, excuse me! We exist! I’m so and so... it was so embarrassing. I’m not white or black. I’m a senior level staff. Even before this incident I made a point to chat with the people on this team, even inviting one over who lives near me because we’re both moms. It’s very clear that no one else on my side of the office would ever do this. People, just make an effort! [/quote]

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