The author isn't asking for a place where she isn't a minority. The author is asking for a place were there isn't additional pressure on her to conform because she is a minority in a cliquish or racist work environment.
"After The Home Depot, I took a position at a lottery/parimutuel company. I returned to being the only black woman, but the team there wasn’t very close knit so everybody did their own thing, did their job, and went home."
Most of the places she has worked/lived as a minority have been cliquish and/or racist. It makes sense that to avoid that she's been happy in places where she is not a minority.
However, the problem that needs to be fixed is not the existence of minorities, the problem is the culture around how we treat those minorities. The kind of culture that leads to her being transferred to protect her overtly racist co-worker. The kind of culture that does this: "I remember asking if we could do other outings that didn’t include beer and getting voted down." The kind of culture where she is "mistaken for an administrative assistant more than once. I have been asked if I was physical security (despite security wearing very distinctive uniforms)."
I suspect you were down voted because you assumed that "The other side of diversity" was saying that more diversity was needed. The article is clearly about how more than just diversity is needed.
"I don’t need to change to fit within my industry. My industry needs to change to make everyone feel included and accepted."
"After The Home Depot, I took a position at a lottery/parimutuel company. I returned to being the only black woman, but the team there wasn’t very close knit so everybody did their own thing, did their job, and went home."
Most of the places she has worked/lived as a minority have been cliquish and/or racist. It makes sense that to avoid that she's been happy in places where she is not a minority.
However, the problem that needs to be fixed is not the existence of minorities, the problem is the culture around how we treat those minorities. The kind of culture that leads to her being transferred to protect her overtly racist co-worker. The kind of culture that does this: "I remember asking if we could do other outings that didn’t include beer and getting voted down." The kind of culture where she is "mistaken for an administrative assistant more than once. I have been asked if I was physical security (despite security wearing very distinctive uniforms)."
I suspect you were down voted because you assumed that "The other side of diversity" was saying that more diversity was needed. The article is clearly about how more than just diversity is needed.
"I don’t need to change to fit within my industry. My industry needs to change to make everyone feel included and accepted."