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The Incredible Shrinking Black Man: A Tale About Inclusion

The Incredible Shrinking Black Man: A Tale About Inclusion

Or, how a 300-pound man shrank into a corner by being asked to sit with my colleagues.

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Ossiana Tepfenhart
Jun 23, 2022
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Or, how a 300-pound man shrank into a corner by being asked to sit with my colleagues.

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Back in 2015, I was dating a guy we’re going to call Dante*. Dante was 6'3, 300-ish pounds, and was a handsome black guy who was pretty prominent in the underground scene. I was, at the time, working at a trendy shock site focused on …

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