Challenges at Work

Women of color attorneys continue to face challenges in the legal profession

Catalyst has released a new study, Women of Color in U.S. Law Firms, as part of its Women of Color in Professional Services Series on professional women of color. The research determined that women of color generally experienced more stereotyping on the basis of race and gender than their white female counterparts, the feeling of being an “outsider”, diminished professional development opportunities, and a lack of candid feedback.

Dealing with hypervisibility (Part 2 of 2)

Hypervisibility “refers to the additional scrutiny that you receive because you appear different from others. In Part 2 of our series on hypervisibility, we discuss 4 ways to manage it successfully.

Hypervisibility at Work

Research on professional women of color often describes our “invisibility” in the workplace. But what about when the reverse is true?  What happens when we find ourselves overly visible—when everything we say or do seems to draw extra scrutiny from colleagues and supervisors?
It’s called hypervisibility.
Hypervisibility is a common experience for professional women of color, and it [...]

Women of Color in Higher Ed

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There’s a really interesting article on the challenges facing professors of color on Chronicle.com with some important references to the challenges facing women of color in the academic world. I hope we will see more articles on women of color academics—they are a largely invisible group, even in diversity discussions.

Glass Ceiling? Try Glass Mirror

One of the most difficult and persistent hurdles that multicultural women face is found in one of the few industries where women out-earn men. In other words, in the fashion industry. More recently, efforts have been made to change the representation of ethnically diverse models in the modeling industry. Diane von Furstenberg, designer and president [...]