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In this Need to Know with Dr. Nsenga Burton episode, Dr. Burton explores the harsh reality of hypervisibility and its impact on Black women in leadership, politics, academia, and the workplace.

Black women are often highly visible when difficult work needs to be done, but overlooked when credit, promotion, succession, or power is being discussed. Using Kamala Harris as an example, Dr. Burton examines how reproductive rights, immigration, voting rights, and leadership expectations reveal a deeper double standard.

This is a powerful conversation about workplace equity, unconscious bias, Black women’s leadership, and the selective memory that appears when Black women are ready to be elevated.

▶︎ In This Episode

00:00 Introduction to Need to Know

00:35 What Hypervisibility Really Means

01:06 Black Women and Workplace Heavy Lifting

02:05 Kamala Harris and the Leadership Double Standard

03:20 Why Women of Color Are Expected to Do More

04:41 Reproductive Rights and Public Leadership

05:53 Immigration, Central America, and Economic Strategy

07:19 Voting Rights and Political Coalition Building

08:42 Heavy Lifting Without Fanfare

09:28 When Black Women Get Leapfrogged

10:24 Academia, Bias, and Being Graded Differently

11:38 Unlearning Bias and Questioning the Narrative

12:34 Leadership, Succession, and Who Gets Considered

13:31 Closing Reflection

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