Why did you become a nurse practitioner? I'm from Waterbury, Connecticut, a small, industrial city that hit a bad spell in the '70s and '80s. It was voted one of the worst places to live in the nation. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without that place. …
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Suezette Yasmin Robotham, a Brooklyn-based talent acquisition executive in the tech industry, knows the toll that code switching can take on her day-to-day routine. "Code switching comes in a lot of different forms. It can be the way you speak, your vernacular, hiding an accent, or not communicating or sharing …
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Suezette Yasmin Robotham, a Brooklyn-based talent acquisition executive in the tech industry, knows the toll that code switching can take on her day-to-day routine. "Code switching comes in a lot of different forms. It can be the way you speak, your vernacular, hiding an accent, or not communicating or sharing …
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Racism is prejudice directed at people of a certain race, while misogyny is hatred of (or prejudice against) women. But Black women in particular can be subject to a specific kind of prejudice aimed specifically at them: a blend of racism and misogyny known as "misogynoir." Being a victim of …
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Racism is prejudice directed at people of a certain race, while misogyny is hatred of (or prejudice against) women. But Black women in particular can be subject to a specific kind of prejudice aimed specifically at them: a blend of racism and misogyny known as "misogynoir." Being a victim of …
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What can I do to help? It's a question you might ask yourself after seeing people—especially people of color—in need during or after a natural disaster, an environmental disaster, a pandemic, or any other humanitarian crisis. Or maybe it's a question you ask yourself after seeing the day-to-day inequities that …
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What can I do to help? It's a question you might ask yourself after seeing people—especially people of color—in need during or after a natural disaster, an environmental disaster, a pandemic, or any other humanitarian crisis. Or maybe it's a question you ask yourself after seeing the day-to-day inequities that …
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Cultural appropriation a term that you've probably been hearing more recently. As influencers wear accessories to music festivals, as your friends go to parties in costumes, and as celebrities post videos of themselves talking in accents, they might be called out for cultural appropriation. But what exactly is cultural appropriation? …
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Cultural appropriation is a term that you've probably been hearing more recently. As influencers wear accessories to music festivals, as your friends go to parties in costumes, and as celebrities post videos of themselves talking in accents, they might be called out for cultural appropriation. But what exactly is cultural …
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a landmark civil rights law from 1990 that prohibits discrimination against people based on disability. But discrimination against people with disabilities continues, and that discrimination is often referred to as ableism. Here's what you should know about ableism, including why it exists, how …
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