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A Million Gray Areas
How Two Friends Crossed Paths Professionally and Personally and Mutually Enhanced Their Understanding of Relationships of Race, Gender, Class, and Power
KATHRYN FRASER and KAREN SAMUELS
I lay back on my bunk and thought about people I love, and how lucky I was to be white and not poor and just passing briefly through a system which is a permanent hell for so many.
—Zinn (2002)
The journey of Black professionals these days is often a series of peaks and valleys. When you are first recognized in your new role as the authority and the expert, it is priceless … and at the same time can be hard to enjoy. When you are confronted with praise and simultaneously see a look of “I really didn’t expect you to be that smart,” ...
