In my research and professional work with district leaders over the past decade, I have seen and heard versions of Kiara’s hypothetical scenario play out over and over in school systems across the country. Female leaders of color often face not only outright resistance to their equity efforts but must also manage routine racial and gendered microaggressions and stereotyped assessments of their leadership.

Read more at: https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-female-equity-leaders-of-color-are-undervalued-and-undercut/2023/01