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04/08/2021ActionsforsolidarityForthispost,wehandedthekeyboardovertoUXDirectorandGoogleDesignteamleadMargaretLee. Earlierthismonth,Isharedmystoryonnavigatingthemismatchbetweenpersonalupbringingandprofessionalroles.WhatIdidn’tsharewastheextentofthebias,sexism,andracismI’veencounteredthroughoutmylife. IcontinuetobedeeplyangeredbytheshootingsinAtlantathatlefteightpeopledead,includingsixwomenofAsiandescent—aninevitablecrescendotoayearofmountingviolenceandhatredtowardstheAsianAmerican,PacificIslan...
04/08/2021
Actions for solidarity
For this post, we handed the keyboard over to UX Director and Google Design team lead Margaret Lee. Earlier this month, I shared my story on navigating the mismatch between personal upbringing and professional roles. What I didn’t share was the extent of the bias, sexism, and racism I’ve encountered throughout my life. I continue to be deeply angered by the shootings in Atlanta that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent—an inevitable crescendo to a year of mounting violence and hatred towards the Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Asian communities. I grieve and stand alongside them in solidarity and in the fight against racism and hatred. As Google’s Eva Tsai, Director, Marketing Analytics and Operations, shared in a recent essay for the Keyword: “Outrunning and dismissing injustice is no longer an option.” We cannot ...