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You Will Be Assimilated
Workplaces are sites of cultural assimilation. At work, we learn how to fit in better and play by the rules everyone expects us to. Every worker has a learning curve, but for marginalized people, the learning process can be long and full of risk. Changing how we approach the cultural rules of the workplace—making expectations explicit, for example—can make it easier for people to participate on equal footing.