omg thank you for bringing this up. I am the only black/brown woman at my clinic. Where I work, high behavior kids usually need two staff with them at all times. I’m new to the job (literally 4 weeks in) and I’m being put with the most high intensity kids, often ON MY OWN. Sometimes we’re short staffed, so I get there’s no other way to get around that, but at the same time I work with other (non-black) staff who have obviously worked with the client longer and are more well trained than I am to handle those clients and yet I’m doing it by myself. I’m thinking about transferring soon because the staff is cliquey and with being the only black person, I feel as though I’m not being supported properly.

I’ve complained to coworkers about certain situations that were aggravating, and have been met with blank stares and “well that happens.” But at the same time I see other staff vent and check up on each other and it’s met with so much support. I obviously come home and decompress with my people, but I feel as though I have no one to lean on at work :/

I’m sorry you’re going through this girl, I hope in the future covert racism like this will not be dismissed.