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MISPRONOUNCED GIRL • by Madari Pendàs

January 7, 2021Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

When Remedios Aguilar first applied to VeekCorp she knew better than to put her real name on the resume. She was familiar with the studies that showed that people with ‘ethnic’ names tend to get fewer job offers. She was… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories job interviews, Madari Pendas, names, office life, racism
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