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Part of the challenge of eliminating workplace microaggressions is that they are so often misunderstood. Unfortunately, as workplaces are increasingly trying to learn more and build more equitable ...

While at a past job, Rumbi Bwerinofa-Petrozzello, CPA/CFF, worked on a team with one other Black woman. They looked nothing alike, but that didn’t stop her colleagues from getting them confused, said ...

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