Zoey: The board wants you to retract everything you said at the press conference. I know it’s total BS, but I’m just the messenger. But the good news is you spoke out, and you made people aware of what was happening, and if you want, I can even help you write a revised statement, so you can still say something. Um, I just want you to know you’re not alone in this.
Simon: OK, so if we’re being real, I don’t feel like you’re just the messenger, and I do feel very alone in this.
Zoey: I’m on your side.
Simon: It’s impossible for you to be on my side in this situation, and you cannot rewrite an experience you know nothing about.
Zoey: I mean I know a little, right?
Simon: How?
Zoey: I’m a woman in the tech world. I know what it’s like to be…
Simon: Yes, but that has nothing to do with who I am as a Black man in the world, and what my experience as a Black man is in this office. I never had any mentors look out for me like Joan. There’s no room for messing up for me. And I have to constantly prove why I deserve to be here.