During my time at my last job, there were only two black women there, which included myself. Everyday I would go in to work and staff members would 'mistake me' for the other black woman and call me by her name. They would say they thought that we looked similar. We look completely different. We are different skin tones, a different height and size, our hair styles are different and our facial...
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I have had experiences with Caucasian people who would say I come across as aggressive with my tone of voice. For instance, if I disagree to move to an unsafe ward because that ward is already unsafe and needs at least 2 more nurses to make the ward safe due to the acuity of patients and complex drugs. My Caucasian superiors will say I am aggressive because I refuse to go. They will force me to...
I worked in a predominantly white job formerly, and my white colleagues would say and do anything and get away with it. While I would be called out for standing up for...
I once shared a post on Twitter titled "How Serena Williams Saved her Own Life" and I received this comment. "love Serena but not sure it's colour related. Sadly there are to many woman dying when giving or right after birth. Black and White I fully understand it was traumatic Serena is strong But health issues are the reason not...
A white woman and her husband were convinced upon one visit to Ghana that Ghanaians were lazy band they’re hair doesn’t grow. They argued with us over...
I started working at a firm a few months ago. I was the only black girl in my department. I was okay until we had a new leader. He would constantly ask me to do things he won't make anyone else do. He was selective with the type of jobs he gives me at work(they were usually, tedious) One day he asked me to do something that was not part of my assignment and no one had ever done it since I started...
"We/ I rather white women because they listen and do as they are told, less stress". This comes from black men...
From my years of social media, there is always something. I joined social media aged 16 and as the themes and controversies over the years have both educated people but also brought confidence to some racist and sexist individuals. People have become even more boldly and outright racist, mostly using excuses such as freedom of speech, Internet bullying because they aren't face to face, because...
I was told by my college lecturer to work on my accent if I wanted to make it to university. She made mention that I won’t gain entry if did not work in my accent. At that instance I did not say anything because I was very naïve although it didn’t sit right with me. I discussed this with one of the seniors who brought to light how negative the comment is. I filed a complaint however nothing...
Responding to a news article that all lives matter, and in particular, white people's too. Black lives matter, but it is right to be proud and white. Playing the race card is tiresome and how can it be possible for white people to be racist when they agree that all lives...
