ADDRESSING DISCRIMINATION THROUGH CORPORATE LEADERSHIP
Unlike Lester, Chris Shea enjoyed a very comfortable childhood. The youngest of four children, she grew up in a middle-class neighborhood in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. When she was twelve, her father’s job took the family to Toronto, and Chris found herself in a new country, with new classmates at a new school. Although she spoke the same language, Chris’s strong Midwestern accent set her apart from her fellow students, who ridiculed the way she spoke. Despite eventually forming lasting friendships, Chris never forgot her embarrassment at not fitting in. From that experience she developed ...
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