despite the many heartbreaking situations i had to endure in my corporate career, there are some vital skills and things that i have learnt. i have no issue with networking, i can work under increased pressure, i am personable and can easily blend in to a myriad of business and social settings. i had some wonderful times, made some amazing friends and these all helped towards me being able to sustain the hurt for as long as i did.
thank you for taking the time to read this and if you are going through something similar, please know that you are not alone. The support is out there and the statistics still show that racism in the workplace is still very much an issue to date. the financial times reported in 2021 that 14% of people who worked in the finance industry had experienced racial discrimination. They also reported that 50% of Black Britons had stated that their careers had been hampered at least once and almost a quarter said it had happened multiple times.