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The Unspoken Rules of Silicon Valley Workplace Politics

Alejandro Urena
Feb 09, 2022
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Cancel culture isn’t what silenced me in the modern tech workplace. I betrayed myself with self-censorship out of fear and I regret it.

“This is the Black experience in America,” stated our company DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) director in our mandatory Zoom meeting. Next, she played a repurposed Starbucks training video that featured Black employe…

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