
"Women of color don't support each other." Or, "White women have been those that have supported me in my career." You don't know how many times I have heard this statement. Trust me, I have felt the same pain and burn. But the fact is, there are women of color who do support other women and women of color. I have been on the side of the recipient and giver. It boils down to the motto when you know better you do better. At some point, you start to get it. Basically, when women of color are supported, the script gets flipped for ALL women. I remember sitting on a panel last year led by the Speak Truth Summit that challenged the crabs in the barrel syndrome. We discussed how women of color are particularly dealing with this. There is some idea that if one woman is winning, the rest of us is losing because we believe that there isn't enough to go around. Or we believe we are not in control of our fate and that someone else is. So, we opt-out of suppo......
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