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Jul. 1, 2006
In Pro Per
How does it feel to be the token minority? by Linda A. Mabry
The Token
By Linda A. Mabry
During my 20-year career as an international trade and business lawyer, I was usually the "only one"-the only African American, the only African-American woman, or even the only lawyer of color. Sometimes I was the "first one" as well as the only one. In those rare times when there were others, we were always fewer than a handful, and even then, the "other ones...
During my 20-year career as an international trade and business lawyer, I was usually the "only one"-the only African American, the only African-American woman, or even the only lawyer of color. Sometimes I was the "first one" as well as the only one. In those rare times when there were others, we were always fewer than a handful, and even then, the "other ones...
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