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Strong Enough to Endure Anything — Until She Speaks Up: The Strong Black Woman Double Bind
By Dr. Yaya Diamond
Black women are expected to be strong enough to endure anything. But the moment a Black woman challenges how she's being treated, suddenly she's the problem.
That double bind is not an accident, and it is not new. It has a history — and that history is still showing up in performance reviews, promotion decisions, and everyday working life.
Employment attorneys Sherry D. Soanes and Sacred B. Huff, two Black women civil rights lawyers, made this case in a presentation on understanding historical racism and combating bias, later recounted by the New York employment law firm…
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