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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.
Wake Up Call
- Workplace Unfairness
- Female
- Caucasian
- Lesbian
- Oil/Energy/Natural Resources
- Left & is now Self-Employed
- Personal Care & Service
- Bad Boss
- Business Travel
- Sexual Harassment
- Unbelievable
On a business trip one of my superiors called me at 2AM from his hotel room and said he wanted me to come to his room and have sex with him. I was so shocked. I couldn't go back to sleep. I thought, "What am I suppose to do about this?" At breakfast the next morning, he didn't show up, even though we were suppose to go to the airport together. It was a very traumatizing experience. He could have power over my future. It was horrific! What am I? A hooker?