The particular financial stress of being young, professional, female—and black
IT WAS AN enviable dilemma. Two galas on the same night. Luckily, they were at the same place, Manhattan’s gleaming, glass-paneled Time Warner Center. First stop: the fourth floor, for a party raising money for school reading programs. Tickets cost $1K a head for a cocktail reception in a lounge with sweeping views of Central Park. I wore a one-shoulder black Tahari dress and strappy Stuart Weitzman heels. On arrival I was greeted by an acquaintance known to make five-figure gifts to the organization. After some small talk about summer plans (mine: a rental house with friends in Montauk, the Long Island fishing village that’s become more swanky than shanty—Malia Obama celebrated her 19th birthday there a couple of summers ago), I tucked my Ferragamo clutch under my arm and rode the elevator up to the second event. Also $1K a ticket, this one supported a charter school network. More canapés, more Champagne, more celebrities (hi, Katie Couric!). Although I was one of very few black faces in the crowd, I was pretty sure my polished appearance, my degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Georgetown Law, and my career as an attorney signified that I was just like everyone else. I dressed the part, I talked the part. With my Narciso Rodriguez perfume, I even smelled the part.
この記事は The Oprah Magazine の September 2019 版に掲載されています。
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