Showing posts with label Black and Proud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black and Proud. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Being Black In America

“I think the experience of being black in America creates resilience—a steady steadiness. And it creates courage and pride. Not pride in a boastful way, but being proud, as you need to be in moments when you feel completely rejected, completely ignored, overlooked, sidelined.”


—A senior executive of a Fortune 50 financial services firm







Quote taken from "Beating the Odds" by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo, Robin J. Ely, & David A. Thomas, Harvard Business Review, March-April, 2018