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Biz Chicks Rule All too often, I have had people call me “girlfriend”, or “sistah” or “dog” and to be quite honest, it’s quite offensive and puzzling. I mean, I don’t call other people those things, so why should they call me those things? Yes, I have used those terms before, but not in a professional setting and certainly not to people who don’t know me well enough to consider me their “home girl.” [Image Source: Bridget Wright] I am a Black woman, a proud, professional Black woman and all too often I am *culturized by people who assume that just because I’m Black that I’m “down” or “with it”. Why is it that people think they can relate to you just because they know a few slang terms and they’ve driven through the ‘hood a couple of times? Can’t We All Just Get Along? Being a female and being a Black female in the... [read full story]
