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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.
Now I've left that nonprofit too
- Workplace Unfairness
- Female
- African-American
- Asian
- Native American
- Telecommunications
- Left & is now a Small Business Entrepreneur
- Arts/Entertainment/Media
- Ethics
Now I've left that nonprofit too. They had a lot of doubt about me because I wasn't from the nonprofit sector. They would say, "You don't know how to do this. This is nonprofit."There were a lot of unethical things happening at this nonprofit. It was sad, because it was an organization that took care of seniors. There is a line I just won't cross over. I think not taking care of seniors in the appropriate way is a horrible thing to do.