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In the age of identity politics, the fear of selling out is rampant-but Zheng and Hansen say there's nothing wrong with it and show how to do it without betraying your deepest values and beliefs. What happens when you're a proud person of color, but you fall in love with a white person? What if you don't believe in working for megacorporations, but one offers you a six-figure salary, and you have a family to feed? Will you sell out, and is that wrong? The truth is we're all sellouts. Our life circumstances change in ways we can't predict. Offering practical assessment scenarios and hard-hitting questions, Zheng and Hansen propose new ways of authentically thinking about marginalization, privilege, and self-interest, including five key components of ethically selling out: - Lose the purity politics-you're a human being, not a model member of a group. - Embrace your changing identities, roles, and expectations-see change as growth, not betrayal. - Maintain a sense of meaning-hang on to your personal values as you navigate life's changes. - Seek a chosen family and community-isolation only reinforces negative reactions to selling out. - Constantly question your world-don't accept the status quo!

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Inge Hansen, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist who directs student well-being services at Stanford University, focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is the cofounder and director of the Weiland Health Initiative and cofounder of Gender Inclusive Stanford, in addition to developing several courses in gender and sexuality and organizing World Sexual Health Day on behalf of North America. Lily Zheng (they/them) is a sought-after speaker, strategist, and organizational consultant who specializes in hands-on systemic change to turn positive intentions into positive outcomes for workplaces and everyone in them. A dedicated changemaker and advocate, Lily has had their work published in the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, and NPR. They are the author of The Ethical Sellout, DEI Deconstructed, and Reconstructing DEI. Lily holds an MA in sociology and a BA in psychology from Stanford University. They live with their wife in the San Francisco Bay Area and can frequently be found putting together yet another all-black outfit and enjoying good Chinese food. Tiffany Williams is a voice talent and an audiobook narrator.

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