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  • Writer's pictureKeneshia N. Grant, Ph.D.

Ambition has always been "Ladylike"

Updated: Aug 13, 2020


“If you are a Black woman, and you show up in a space with new ideas, asking people to be different than they have before, then you are subject to this criticism about not knowing your place, being too ambitious, wanting too much.”


My comment in The New York Times about the role of ambition in the Veepstakes. Read the full article by clicking here.

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