"You got so much things to say right now.
Don't you forget who you are and where you stand in the struggle.
When the rain fall, it don't fall on one man's house."
You know these words from Bob Marley from over forty years ago apply to you – yes you – today, at work, in the office, in today's meeting! When you will – in front of the entire room – tell the White male VP who takes credit for the research on the slide presentation that the work was actually done by your Black female junior colleague, and she deserves the credit and recognition.
This will be your new norm. This is what you will do now. Because you got so much things to say right now. And now. And now. . .
You're aware that your courage to speak up and stop small injustices lays the groundwork for other people to speak up and stop small injustices.
You got so much things to say right now.
You show others with your words and actions that disrupting the status quo, challenging bro culture, and exposing the old boys' networks is what we do around here.
Starting today, you serve as a possibility model for others.
You know that rain doesn't fall on just one person's house. It falls on everybody's.
Conversely, the radiant sunshine warms everybody's house.
And their hearts too.
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