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Kimberly Papillon talks about Implicit Bias at Google

4/26/2019

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Have you ever wondered how to explain some of the things you've experienced as a minority to someone who couldn't relate? When you tell them about the circumstance and tell them you didn't like it, they tell you it's just you. They say you are being too sensitive or that you are misreading the situation. You know there is something there that made you feel crappy and it is the type of thing that happens so often that you get exhausted by having to navigate these deniable situations all the freaking time!! How about when you are sitting in a meeting and you give a suggestion that is ignored only to be repeated by someone else who is met with praise and accolades related to the idea that you made and was ignored for?
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Here, Kimberly Papillon puts a name and description to these situations. She breaks down why these situations are not random, why they are unacceptable and why they make you feel the way they do.. 
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Susan
4/22/2020 10:57:41 pm

When I was working as an engineer in an all male office I would get really bothered by the sales guys who would try to take my picture so they could cut out my face and use my hair on other faces. They said it was a compliment and they liked my hair but it always bothered me. The fact that they were even trying to take a picture of me just made me feel more isolated and was a reminder that I was different as a woman in a male dominated field. Looking back that might have been a microaggression; it never occurred to me at the time because they would state that they were “just joking.” But I wonder what if anything I could have even done at the time with this new insight from your posting. I communicated that I didn’t want them to do it but I don’t think they ever appreciated how much it made me feel like an outsider. They would have had to be in my shoes everyday to really understand. Or would it have even been possible for them to ever understand?

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Quincy
4/28/2020 04:22:25 am

Susan,
Thank you for your comment. That was definitely a microaggression. It was in fact a reminder to you that you were different from the group. This type of "joking" not only makes one feel like an outsider, it also affects opportunities, and access giving members of the in-group the advantage.

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