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Why Black Women Are Leaving the Workplace
I quit my job in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in 2025, but I never thought of myself as part the 600,000 Black women who were displaced from the workplace until recently.
I thought that I wasn't displaced because I made the choice to leave.
I wasn't laid off.
I wasn't pushed out.
I wasn'...
by Mercedes Swan —
Oct 11, 2026
business advice
career advice
podcast
toxic job
How to Get What You Want at Work: Black Women & Leveraging Power
I remember the first time that I understood what it meant to have power in the workplace.
Ironically, I was a 20-something HR coordinator meeting with the board president and at the time I had no idea why.
In hindsight, it's because I held a lot of informal power in the workplace and held three...
by Mercedes Swan —
Jul 19, 2026
black women
career advice
organizational culture
power dynamics
Why Emma Grede Triggered Black Women
Emma Grede's podcast hot take triggered Black women in a way that the podcast bros never could...but why?
I think it's because she looks like us... and that picks at the workplace wound Black women have been trying to heal, while also looking at our sisters being laid off in record numbers!
For ...
by Mercedes Swan —
Apr 21, 2026
black women at work
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dei
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