SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It was a casual conversation that led Luiza Trajano, one of Brazil’s wealthiest women, to ponder her country’s racism, to recognize her part in it — and to do something about it. A few years back, she said, she had heard a young, accomplished Black businesswoman mention that she never attended happy hours with colleagues unless her boss explicitly asked her to join. Years of feeling the rejection that many Black Brazilians experience in predominantly white settings had taught her to seek clear invitations, the woman explained. Ms. Trajano, who is white, felt a pang of sadness. “At my birthday parties, there aren’t any Black women,” Ms. Trajano remembered thinking.

Source: Forbes January 07, 2022 19:03 UTC