>Again, for context, I’m Black and I’ve been in the industry for 25 years. I have never experienced what the author experienced. >Maybe it’s because I’ve worke

>Again, for context, I’m Black and I’ve been in the industry for 25 years. I have never experienced what the author experienced. >Maybe it’s because I’ve worked in Atlanta all of my career where companies are use to seeing Black professionals? It's not just you. I'm not black but, am from Atlanta, and maybe that's the common link but this just seems like it's from a different planet. It's just hard for me to grok things like this: >I've been to job interviews where the receptionist will take me to a whiteboard room. When the interviewer comes in, he'd say: "I'm sorry, you must be in the wrong room." >But the day I come to the office in person, they are taken aback. I often get: "I couldn't tell where you are from on the phone." Who are these people that are surprised that a guy named Ibrahim is black?