Chapter 2. Slights Unseen

For the past three years, co-workers Eric Johnson, Miguel Rodriguez, and Kristen Van Der Camp have been meeting at a small table in the back of a labyrinthine Italian café, about three blocks outside the typical lunch radius of their other co-workers, for what they call "the quarterly report," code word: 10-Q.

Three years ago, a random draw brought them together for a team-building activity during orientation. Since that time, they have evolved into a group of strange bedfellows—an African American gay male, a Latino, and a white woman—who meet every three months to commiserate, compare experiences, and spur each other forward. It seems like only yesterday they were donning name tags, sizing up the competition, and ...

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