It's the last day of #BlackHistoryMonth and we can't let this day slip by without speaking on the #BlackAtWork exhibit we were so excited about (note the past tense), and reveling in the all the black history that was made at the #Oscars. We are all about painting the picture for folks who just can't see past their own privilege, so you can only imagine our delight when we learned that a local … [Read more...]
Uncolorblind 004: Ally Like Adele
Happy Black History Month! Yes, we're still celebrating Black History Month! We're back and this week we're talking the GRAMMYs and why you should be an ally like Adele. Tune in! Links: Adele's GRAMMY acceptance speech for Album of the Year is here. A transcript of her post-GRAMMY Bey comments are here. Summary: Two black women lawyers and champions for diversity and inclusion … [Read more...]
Uncolorblind 003: Black History Month and #DeleteUber
Happy Black History Month! We're not exactly happy at the moment given all that's going on in our country, but this week we're talking about #NoBanNoWall, #DeleteUber, and the kind of self-sacrifice it will take for us to actually change things. Tune in! Links: Just in case you're looking for recent articles about #DeleteUber and how it's affecting Lyft... The NYT's take on things is … [Read more...]
Uncolorblind 002: Women’s March and Racial-Profiling
We're back with Episode 2 of Uncolorblind the Podcast! In this episode, you will: Understand why we didn't participate in the Women's March; and Learn about Lawrence Crosby, a black Ph.D student at Northwestern University, and how his education did not save him from racial-profiling Links: There are several articles about Lawrence Crosby's incident. See below. ABC … [Read more...]
Uncolorblind 001: White Men on the Bottom of the Totem Pole
It's our blog anniversary! We don't do anything small, so in order to celebrate our anniversary...we're launching a podcast. Summary: Two black women lawyers and champions for diversity and inclusion discuss all things related to being a person of color in corporate America. And we do all of this with lots of humor, straight talk, and flair. Join us! Links: The NYT article we … [Read more...]
What Ceiling?
Happy Thursday, y’all! We’ve been ghost for a while as we focused on the official launch of DAPP, our 501(c)(3), non-profit organization, but we’re back with a vengeance (if you don’t know about the Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program and our quest to cultivate and sustain the next generation of women of color lawyers, click here). This also happens to be the first week that we have gone to work in … [Read more...]
It Hurts, Silence is Violence
Waking up to news that another black person has been shot by the police is difficult, to say the least. Pain. Tears. Anger. Worry. Concern. More tears. And then we look at our black husbands and whisper silent prayers for protection and safety, because we know that even though they are upstanding, law-abiding citizens, they could be the next. We could be next. #SandraBland #SayHerName Going to … [Read more...]
The Power of Women United
Happy Monday! We enjoyed celebrating our mothers last weekend (we won’t even attempt to explain how much they mean to us, just know there would be no Uncolorblind without them), and we needed some time to digest the Mother’s Day tribute written by Sheryl Sandberg, famously known as the author of Lean In and Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, Inc. If you haven’t had a chance to read Sandberg’s … [Read more...]
Why Corporate America Should Be Drenched In Lemonade
*Puts down glass of Lemonade* Excuse our delay in writing about Beyoncé’s new album, ‘Lemonade.’ After getting over the fact that we almost missed the weekend premiere, it took us a few days to process the depth, symbolism, pure brilliance and overall #blackgirlmagic that is her latest visual album and artistic expression appropriately named ‘Lemonade’. Don’t get us wrong, the whole album is … [Read more...]
The Power of Our Own Terms
Hey, y’all! We’ve been gone for a few weeks trying to prepare our pipeline students for their second set of law school finals (if you haven’t heard about D.A.P.P., the 501(c)(3) organization we co-founded to diversify the legal profession and infuse the pipeline with women of color law students, click here and here.), but we’re back with a new post that makes us so very happy. It’s a story of … [Read more...]