How To Survive at Work as a Person of Color

Life Kit

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Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Business, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Changing workplace culture isn't the job of marginalized employees. But knowing how to manage your boss or document your daily work can help employees of color — even if it just shows you when you've had enough.

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0:00.0	Hey, LifeKit listener, I've got a pop quiz for you.
0:03.0	Do you love a good takeaway?
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0:28.6	That's Wednesday, September 30th at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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0:36.6	This is NPR's LifeKit.
0:37.9	I'm Anjali Sastry.
0:41.3	So there's this idea that I was raised on.
0:43.4	If you work smarter, not harder at your job,
0:45.9	you'll be rewarded.
0:47.4	That if you're productive and slay by the rules,
0:49.6	you'll climb up that corporate ladder in no time at all.
0:52.8	But who makes the rules?
0:54.0	And who does the strategy actually work for?
0:57.0	If you're a marginalized person in your office,
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