In the complex landscape of career progression, highly skilled migrant Black women face a unique set of challenges that intersect with colourism and ethnic hierarchies. These women, often possessing advanced degrees and professional expertise, encounter multiple layers of stereotypes that can impede their professional advancement. This article explores the intersectionality of colourism and ethnic hierarchies and how these dynamics manifest in the workplace, affecting the career trajectories of highly skilled migrant Black women.

Understanding Colourism and Ethnic Hierarchies

Colourism, deeply ingrained in societal norms, perpetuates biases based on skin tone within racial or ethnic groups. Ethnic hierarchies, on the other hand, involve the stratification of different ethnicities within a given society, often influenced by historical, economic, and political factors. For highly skilled migrant Black women, these intersecting dynamics create unique challenges as they navigate their...

How to deal with Negative Voices and Fear

Hi everyone, it’s Amina here. Nice to talk to you again, I hope you're having a lovely time wherever you are. I had a lovely weekend and I'm sorry I've been quiet for a couple of weeks. That's because I have been training a new team member. We've been quite busy in the office trying to get everything sorted out for her to be ready for work. So now the induction is over and I'm back to recording.

Today I want to tackle an issue that I seem to get a lot of questions about. This issue is;

How do you deal with negative voices, and how do you deal with fear?

So, negative voices first, whenever you start something new there will always be people that would tell you you're crazy, there will always be people that do not believe in what you believe in and that's just a fact. Most of the times people like that, are the people that are closest to you … Those that you expect to support you and to understand what you're doing.

So, for...