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Duleesha says she was asked to change her name to something ‘more Australian’ at work. She’s not alone
Growing up in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, feeling ‘different’ wasn’t something Duleesha Boteju often thought about.
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A new survey has found one in five Australian workers from a different ethnic or cultural background feel they are not treated equally
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It also found 62 per cent of workers conceal part of their identities from colleagues, either all or some of the time
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One woman said she endured “a lot of embarrassment” about her beliefs during 17 years in the corporate world
Her high school was extremely diverse, with students from many different cultures and backgrounds. Likewise, in her neighbourhood, the fact her family had come to Australia from Sri Lanka was rarely an issue.
Then she entered the workforce, and something…
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