by Ken Mackell II | Sep 25, 2020
I am an olympian with both undergraduate and graduate level Ivy League degrees and my drive and competency is questioned more than my white girlfriends who have half as much investment experience, no Ivy League degrees and no MBA. I considered getting the CFA as...
by Ken Mackell II | Sep 25, 2020
My experience has been less about racial discrimination and more about “fit”—or lack there of. In industries like PE, VC, banking, or consulting, networking and social affiliations can make or break you. I often struggle to socially connect with the culture, which is...
by Ken Mackell II | Sep 25, 2020
My manager told other analysts about opportunities in bigger cities and the other analysts and I discussed this. When it was my one-on-one meeting, my manager started to describe some opportunities, but always in the same city where I currently live. After she...
by Ken Mackell II | Sep 25, 2020
My experience is like many of ours, not created by explicit racism in the workplace but by a complicit culture of willful ignorance, unchecked implicit biases, and a desire to be comfortable over actionable.
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