"Talent is Equally Distributed, opportunity is not" is one of the phrases I find most helpful when thinking about diversity in the workplace.    Being a successful white woman doesn’t mean my career successes have come easy - but it does mean that the colour of my skin hasn’t made it even harder.  

Sometimes when we talk about women in the workplace, we overlook the inequity within gender inequality.  Intersectionality matters.  

The numbers speak for themselves – just 5% of leadership positions in UK tech are held by women, and only 2% of the entire tech workforce is black.  The number of black women in tech is so small I couldn’t find a % for it.  

The opportunity to give up the fight for equality is a privilege that no one should ever take, which is why this episode of Courage is Contagious aims to help us all improve our understanding on what we must do to better support black women at work.

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