I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. I was seven years old when I first got my hair straightened. I remember feeling more beautiful. I went to a predominantly white ...

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but when my hair was in braids or straightened, he'd come by and chat it up, asking about my weekend and brainstorming ideas. At the time, my direct chain of command to him was all Black women ...