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Op-Ed | A Black Fashion Executive Endures Subtle Racism for a Seat at the Table

Kevin Fegans recalls how he was forced to ignore microaggressions and compartmentalise his feelings on race relations in order to pursue his career aspirations.
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  • Kevin Fegans

“You speak and write so well,” an older white woman told me after reading a press release I had written as a twenty-something public relations coordinator working for Ellen Tracy in New York. I remember thinking she meant it as a compliment. I knew this signalled she had likely never been in the company of educated, polished Black men — a cultural deficit if you will.

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