Because Raheem spoke on behalf of the entire network (he was, after all, its president) Meg felt confident that all Black employees really liked her statement.
Why couldn’t Black employees let Meg know that her Black Lives Matter poster and paradoxical protest participation were seriously offensive to them?
Yet, Jasmin didn’t bother reading Meg’s Black Lives Matter email.
As Ebony, one of the division’s six Black employees, braced herself to quickly swipe through Meg’s photos, she couldn’t help but think about Maisha, the Black woman whom Meg violently undermined to get the division VP role.
Given all this, Ebony could offer just one response as she held the cell phone and scrolled through dozens of happy Black Lives Matter protest march photos: “wow, Meg, terrific.”
