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In this Need to Know with Dr. Nsenga Burton episode, Dr. Burton explores the harsh reality of hypervisibility and its impact on Black women in leadership, politics, academia, and the workplace.
Black women are often highly visible when difficult work needs to be done, but overlooked when credit, promotion, succession, or power is being discussed. Using Kamala Harris as an example, Dr. Burton examines how reproductive rights, immigration, voting rights, and leadership expectations reveal a deeper double standard.
This is a powerful conversation about workplace equity, unconscious bias, Black women’s leadership, and the selective memory that appears when Black women are ready to be elevated.
▶︎ In This Episode
00:00 Introduction to Need to Know
00:35 What Hypervisibility Really Means
01:06 Black Women and Workplace Heavy Lifting
02:05 Kamala Harris and the Leadership Double Standard
03:20 Why Women of Color Are Expected to Do More
04:41 Reproductive Rights and Public Leadership
05:53 Immigration, Central America, and Economic Strategy
07:19 Voting Rights and Political Coalition Building
08:42 Heavy Lifting Without Fanfare
09:28 When Black Women Get Leapfrogged
10:24 Academia, Bias, and Being Graded Differently
11:38 Unlearning Bias and Questioning the Narrative
12:34 Leadership, Succession, and Who Gets Considered
13:31 Closing Reflection
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