4 Ways to Redefine Power at Work to Include Women of Color | Rha Goddess & Deepa Purushothaman | TED

With many women of color considering exiting the workforce due to unfair conditions, it's time to reshape systems in order to put an end to this massive loss of talent. Exposing the harmful repercussions of racist, toxic organizational cultures, soul coach Rha Goddess and corporate inclusion visionary Deepa Purushothaman share four pathways to reimagine work so women of color are centered as leaders. They urge us to aspire to more than a "seat at the table" and, instead, to remake the whole table -- together -- and finally stop fighting for "one broke-ass chair."

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[jkellis]

“People of color is an awkward phrase that obscures meaning rather than enhancing it.” -George Carlin

[amushakya]

No offense intended but is her surname goddess or did she rename herself as 'Goddess'?

[infinitivez]

I'm just going to bet right off the bat, there's going to be like 250 comments about how two women of color shouldn't be talking about color, on a topic that demands we recognize WHY there's so few women of color in the workforce and leadership.

Seems employers can pick and choose based on skin color all they like, but the moment we even dare mention it, we become the problem.

[Beterebeca]

And because of all that We are still demanding too much of ourselves! I don't think the solution is to glamorise that, no sirs! Sad! Let us be! And be and be... whatever we want to be.

[anthonybenton]

Two successful women of colour talking about women of colour being disadvantaged, to an auditorium of mainly white women. Yep...

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