Allyship Starts Before the Incident

Allyship is environmental work before it becomes rescue work. The teach Psychological safety is the condition that lets people take an interpersonal risk without assuming punishment or humiliation. Allyship matters because underrepresented coworkers often pay that risk tax first. They notice the joke, the exclusion, the accessibility gap, or the loaded language earlier, but they also know they may be labeled difficult for naming it. That is why the best allies do not wait for the "big moment." They create repeatable signals that dissent is welcome and that the group will protect the person who raises an uncomfortable truth. Small…

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