Don鈥檛 Just Stand There, Say Something
"鈥淲ell, look who鈥檚 here,鈥 sneered my older, tenured, male colleague, 鈥淚t鈥檚 Dr. Diversity.鈥 Leaning into the old boys鈥 corner of the musty mailroom, he chuckled and continued talking with his buddies. I cringed and pretended to receive his remark as a compliment. With a forced smile, I hurried past them to collect my mail. Surely he wasn鈥檛 disparaging my emerging research interest on supporting student diversity. Or was he?"