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we saw this play out hugely in the ellen pao trial. she had pretty conclusive evidence as far as a pattern of behavior that other women reported, and she could not make the case in the court of law that that was bias, that that was gender-based discrimination. sexual think about harassment, which seems so much more extreme and easier to make a complaint against. according to your numbers, only 60% of employees say a sexual harassment claim could be fairly investigated at the company, only 32% with think that is done quickly. where does that put us with micro aggressions where someone who has the money and resources and reach of ellen pao cannot make that case? girlfriend is getting her show made on netflix and she still can't win the case. how do you not suffer the ramifications of being like, excuse me, that was my idea, you just talked over me, and doing that day after day. >> let's define first what we mean by micro aggressions. cases, theyn most come out of a space of lack of awareness and understanding more than intentional action

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does that put us with micro aggressions where someone who has the money and resources and reach of ellen pao cannot ake that case? girlfriend is getting her show made on netflix and she still can't win the case. ow do you not suffer the ramifications of being like, excuse me, that was my idea, you just talked over me, and doing hat day after day. >> let's define first what we mean by microaggression so everyone is on the same page about it. the types of, just as you said, small moments. i believe, in most cases, they come out of a space of lack of awareness and understanding more than intentional actions of power imbalance or isempowerment. they are things like being talked over, having your work credited to someone else, having to prudential yourself and show -- credential yourself and show proof of your expertise. being confused for someone more junior, for someone in a support role when you are in a leading role. a lot of these little moments, i see a lot of nodding around the room. what we see consistently, just as you noted, women cite that happening more frequently, women of color even

we did when wegs covered the ellen pao trial, which we were good on, one of the things i did as an editor is like the cover it super bowl. we had five stories a day on it. we decided to put a lot of attention, then we had two reporters on it. we covered it in a lot of different aspects. we did blogged, everything. we thought it was an important , power,tion of sexism money, and influence, stuff like that. when you have things like twitter, things just -- it exhausts people. it becomes noisy, then the real point -- you can't have a substantive discussion about problems. everybody feels in a crouch position and doesn't know what to do. legitimate stories, everyone can't say anything, women now want to talk a lot and about it. there are so many different stories. you have the cable stations doing different things, then it becomes a circus. it's really hard not to betweeny -- not to be twitchy in terms of how you behave. system, the the system is broken in a way that doesn't allow -- it's broken people.certain certain people stay in power, those people stay in power, they will not give it up

one of the things we did when we covered the ellen pao trial, which we were good on, one of the things i did as an editor is decide to cover it like the super bowl. i hate to use this come paris sent. we had five stories a day on it. we decided to put a lot of attention, then we had two reporters on it. two great reporters. we covered the hell out of it in , we of different aspects live blogged it, because we thought it was an important of sexism, power, money, and influence, stuff like that. when you have things like twitter, or whatever, it is exhausting to people, that it becomes noisy. and the point is that you can never have a substantive discussion about problems. everybody feels in a crouch position and doesn't know what to do. so, legitimate stories, everyone just gets -- you know, men get like, i cannot say anything, women now want to talk a lot and about it. there are so many different stories. then you have the cable stations doing different things, then it becomes a circus. it is hard in this your not to be -- in this era not to be twitchy in terms of how you behave. the is