As black attorneys, what traumas do you think are unique to us?

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Resisting a return to in-person because adding daily code-switching to the stresses of this new pandemic life would just be too much to handle, honestly.

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My hair. Fighting it to be things that it’s not to deemed professional.

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Knowledge that, even amongst attorneys of color, we are probably faced with the most deleterious effects of racism and that all the signs and research support this but also never being 100% sure of how much racism has directly impacted our career trajectory.

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Wow! Very well said. 👏

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