The Corporate Crucible of Black Women's Perfection

You’re not imagining this.
 Black women feeling like they have to be perfect at corporate jobs—and that they “can’t make mistakes”—is the predictable result of history, stereotypes, and current workplace systems all stacked on top of each other.

I’ll break it into three pieces:

1. Where this comes from historically
2. How it shows up in today’s corporate workplaces
3. Why it translates into “I can’t mess up even once”