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but the advantages of a “good school” are not so subtle.
I would add that the advantages of the right university and course at the university. Have had job interviews where the role wasn't discussed but the university I went to and Lecturers.
Fingers crossed for you wife, as she sounds like she can make a difference.
lynx
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Last night my wife was filling out an application. A colleague had suggested her for the role. It’s for additional work as a mentor for POC looking to progress their career in this specific field.
There was a section about the barriers that she perceived in progressing her own career.
She wrote about her own culture and community’s low expectations for women with regards to getting good job and having to overcome them while at the same time strive to achieve in what is sometimes a very alien world to her.
I asked about class and was that a factor that could compound the racial boundaries? Virtually all of her colleagues are privately educated, lovely people in most cases but a cast iron In-Group. My wife was genuinely scared of including that observation. Subconscious racism is deniable especially to one’s self, but the advantages of a “good school” are not so subtle.
So she included a section about unconscious-bias within that group as well.
Not sure how well it would go down but hey, gotta speak truth to power