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What is Ms. Millie Syndrome in corporate culture?
Well, first I must remind you of the scene in The Color Purple when that lady, Ms. Millie, was making over Ms. Sophia's kids, and then she turned to her and asked her, "Would you like to be my maid?"
To that woman, that was a compliment and an honor, but to Ms. Sophia, that was an insult. The children were clean and well-mannered because that is the standard their parents set. Now, why would someone think that it is an honor to take those skills and apply them to another woman's household?
Now, when Ms. Sophia said, "Hell no" and doubled down on it, mofos could not believe she had the audacity to speak up and out the way she did. Surely this "n word" knows her place, right?
Have you ever turned down what another deemed as an opportunity for YOU?
How were you treated after you said no, thank you?
Were you still embraced because of the valuable work you do, or were you treated coldly and now deemed as a lazy "n word"? Not because you slacked or lacked anything, but simply because the opportunity presented did not seem like an opportunity for you and what you would like to do with your time?
What did Ms. Sophia get for being honest when turning down that offer? Slapped! Then she defended herself, was knocked over her head, sent to prison, and then sentenced to be that very woman's servant for the rest of her life.
From this I learned to double down on the HELL NO!
Hell no! Do what you will with it.