Unless you work at the American Civil Liberties Union, you probably don’t expect to engage in racially-based discussions at your place of employment. However, these conversations do come up. It’s important to be prepared when they do. Racism is a controversial, yet necessary, conversation. As a woman of color, I’ve both willingly and begrudgingly had to talk about race at places I’ve worked. Here are some tips I’ve used myself in order successfully educate coworkers about racism.

If the year were 1987, this article would have been written by a condescending, middle-aged, white, Wall Street man who was all “understand what the men at the bar are talking about while you silently sit next to them, sipping on a cosmopolitan.” But it’s 2018, I’m 23, not white, and women run the show now. This article isn’t to help you understand what the finance bros blocking the bar are arguing about—this is so you, a financially savvy woman, can learn a new way to maximize your profit. May