The Wing is publicly responding to a racist incident that has black members openly quitting
In late May, as almost everyone involved has acknowledged, a racist incident took place at the West Hollywood location of The Wing, a glossy women’s coworking spaceOn Thursday, in September—several months after the incident occurred—The Wing founders Audrey Gelman and Lauren Kassan sent out an email to members apologizing for it. The email described an ongoing attempt to build a community that is more welcoming to women of color, acknowledging that “members and staff of color...
While some Wing members reading the email might have been left scratching their heads, the May incident was clearly described by journalist Char Adamsin mid-August. Asha Grant, the director of the Free Black Women’s Library of Los Angeles, told Adams that she and a guest were in the parking lot outside the West Hollywood location when they were confronted and followed by a white woman guest who accused them of stealing her parking space.
On May 28, she and a guest went to the location only to encounter an angry White woman in the parking lot, upset that Grant had snagged a spot she felt “belonged” to her. Grant alleges the woman, a guest at The Wing, followed them into the location yelling insults and threats. Once inside, she gave the middle finger to Grant, her guest, and another Black Wing member, Stephanie Kimou, Grant recalls., says.
Grant told Adams that, after the harassment, Wing staff didn’t ask the white woman to leave, telling her they didn’t feel “empowered” to do so. Instead, Grant was offered a free meal, which she found to be a wholly inadequate response, she told Adams: “It was another example of White women’s comfort prioritized over Black women’s pain.”
After the harassment, Wing staff didn’t ask the white woman to leave, telling her they didn’t feel “empowered” to do so. Instead, Grant was offered a free mealthat The Wing demonstrates “the need for co-working spaces where Black women are more than diversity marketing ploys in pink.
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