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Were they afraid we were planning a coup d'etat?
I spent my first summer during Columbia Law School at a firm in Philadelphia described as one of the best places in the city for black lawyers. I believed that if there was any place where I would have an equal chance at opportunities, be treated fairly and succeed, this would be it. There were three black female summer associates out of sixty that year but any time all three of us were in an office talking, one of the partners would knock on the door to see how we were doing. It happened too often to be a coincidence that sometimes we would purposely agree to meet in so-and-so's office to test our theory that we were being monitored. Like clock work, ten minutes after we would get together a partner would stop by.
If you let it get to you, it will get to you
- Workplace Unfairness
- Male
- Arab/Arab-American
- Banking - Retail
- Considering Leaving
- Inappropriate Comments
- Jokes
- Personal Response
- Stereotyping
- Unwelcoming Environment
One of my coworkers was buying a new house so we went to Google maps to look it up. It's a satellite image so you can zoom in and see an image of the actual house. Another co-worker walked by and said, "What, are you selecting a target?" I was like "What did you just say?" I made a big deal out of it because I could. It's that kind of thing from time to time that someone would say.