These leaders are redefining what a traditional 'boss' might look like to some people.
SEATTLE — When you think of the word ‘boss’, who do you picture? What’s their gender? Are they white or a person of color?, Hispanics only held 5% of all executive-level jobs. That’s compared to 3% of Black executives, 6% percent Asian, and 85% White executives.
Language also seems like a barrier that Romero knows all too well. He recalls his mother dropping him off in kindergarten on his first day, despite not knowing even “five words of English.”Moving from a culturally diverse place to one with less diversity can be challenging. Coincidentally, most people KING 5 spoke to said they used to live in Southern California before moving to the Pacific Northwest.
Diaz says he felt the culture shock when he went to college at Georgetown. “During those times there was even less of us than there were today,” he says.Romero perhaps put it the best. He said he calls this the “flinch” -- the moment people find out that he’s the president of a credit union, they look at him, and flinch their head back and say “oh.”
“I guess people have this image of what a boss looks like or what, I don’t know what a person in charge looks like. You know, like I’m here to say, no, they can look like me.” Gonzalez also points out that her big hoop earrings and hair aren’t necessarily what someone would picture a boss looking like.We asked our leaders about the microaggressions they have faced in their positions. Some pointed to specific examples, others kept it vague.
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