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When Katie Kern’s boss pulled her aside after a meeting, she told her to stop nodding her head. To her boss, a head nod is always a sign of agreement, but Kern was just acknowledging that she was following along. She grew up in a Black church, and “the nod” is a cultural nuance she doesn’t think twice about.
“I was offended that she told me to stop doing something that was a natural behavior,” said Kern, who now works as an agency partner at Media Frenzy Global.
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