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I worked for a biotech startup in Boston for a few years. From the start, my manager (a White woman) would routinely take credit for my work, speak over me in meetings, and not acknowledge my contributions in meetings (but if someone else repeated the idea I brought up earlier, she would acknowledge them by name, and not me). This was especially an issue because she would insist on attending all meetings with me. Moreover, as I successfully completed projects and gained more recognition from the larger organization, the more my manager tried to suppress my voice and undermine my work. About a year later we hired another colleague to the team who happened to be a White woman. She was treated very differently from the start: our manager did not insist on attending meetings with her, she was given much more independence, and credit for even small contributions of work.