This Bloomberg News story about black #CEOs in #SiliconValley reminds me of an 2007 incident I can laugh about now. In fact, I laughed about it then. It was so preposterous, I had to laugh to keep from smacking somebody. It was in Kampala, Uganda, and I was climbing into the back of a taxi with my then 22-year-old white male intern. I was the Resident Adviser for the Internews Network Radio Training Facility in in Gulu, Uganda, and we had traveled the six hours down to Kampala for meetings with partners. As we buckled in, the driver turned around, looked at both of us and then casually asked my colleague, "How much did you pay for her?" That's just one of many similar incidents that occurred on the African continent. I don't have enough space to share episodes that have occurred in #America --and #Europe --and #SoutheastAsia ....... You get my drift. I am a woman of African descent, and in many circles, some white people will never be able to see me as anything more than a negative stereotype because of that reality. THAT'S why talking about #race , #racism , #whiteprivilege and #raciallnjustice matters. #MyTwoCents #diversity #diversityandinclusion #diversitymatters #DEI …see more