Breaking The Silence: Impacts of Workplace Trauma on Black Women

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Breaking The Silence: Impacts of Workplace Trauma on Black Women

Hi Dr. Linos,

I am Luckie Daniels, a 58-year-old Black woman and single mom who has worked in the Technology sector as a Senior Project / Program Manager for 25 years.

Yesterday I wrote the most excruciating email I’ve ever written to Robert Half International (RHI), my most recent employer. Neither RHI nor Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union (SLFCU) responded to my attorney’s demand for severance. Neither organization has been responsive in providing findings to the Discrimination Complaint I filed on 8/1/24 the day before I was fired on 8/2/24.

I’m summoning the courage to post this email today on LinkedIn because the silence and erasure of Black Women experiencing workplace trauma has the ability to take me [and the many Black Women suffering] out of here.

There must be more I can do than just posting about the trauma we’re experiencing.

A friend shared with me your recent research. I saw myself and every Black Woman I’ve ever known reflected in your data. We (Black Women) must break the silence, as is required when confronting abuse of any kind.

Though I do post on LinkedIn, here is the site where I am documenting my story and the impact on my family’s life. I stood up a site because LinkedIn removed a post the CEO of SLFCU, Steph Sherrodd, reported. Although I hadn’t violated any of LinkedIn’s user guidelines, it was removed.

https://flipthetable4equity.wordpress.com/be-gritty/

If you’re willing, I’d welcome speaking with you to learn more about your findings and to share my experiences if they would be helpful.

With appreciation,

Luckie

Author’s Note: to Robert Half and Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union Luckie, Jaiya and Justis Daniels have survived far more than what your white privileged abuse of power has produced in our lives.

Thank you for returning to me my most powerful tool: my VOICE; in live and living melanated COLOR.