We’re very qualified,
but we’re not.
“Acceptable resumes should be printed on white A4s”,
but we are black ones.
Our experiences and skills are printed in white,
just like everyone else’s,
but that’s never enough.
They’ll get back to us,
but why wait for the “barks”?
Their backs are already turned at us;
they don’t hire the “darks”.
Paintings by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (born 1977, UK)
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