Squarespace exec told staffer "you’re so black, you blend into the chair"

Right, a perspective that doesn’t “see” black women because they’re considered (perhaps unconsciously) less important.

Look, as Lamont herself pointed out, she’s brown, not black. And presumably she wasn’t wearing clothes that were all exactly the same color as her skin. You’re straining mighty hard to blame the victim here.

There’s not inherently a negative there, although the listener may have been primed to expect it by cultural factors.

Right, all her fault. SHE’S the one whose actions are too heavily influenced by “cultural factors.” Mm hmm.

so much of that thread applies to this one Lamont’s situation.

ETA: And if this profile pic on the linked site is actually her, she’s hardly even brown.

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