Go beyond your usual suspects.
Take the time to see us
and learn about our unique qualities
and lived experiences.
We are your truth tellers, baby,
(Deepa laughs)
in a moment where it's time
to tell the truth.
If work environments don't get better,
we will continue to leave.
Take the time to reexamine
your company values,
then get in touch with the day-to-day
realities of your people.
DP: One of the truths
we also need to talk about
is as women, we're not helping each other.
I know that's a taboo topic to talk about,
but we need to talk about it
if we're going to change it.
Women we speak with,
when they tell us that,
their voices drop,
and you can feel the shame
because it's so hard
to talk about the fact
that we don't help each other.
More than half of the women
of color we spoke with
said that white women
make them feel invisible at work.
And only nine percent
of the white women we interviewed