Definitions by #ActNow

Glamorati 

People obsessed with appearing glamorous. Similar to glitterati, but often used to describe wannabes who do not actually possess fame and fortune.

He is part of Hank's snobbish glamorati, lining up to be seat fillers for the Oscars.

Glamorati by #ActNow February 13, 2019

Carranza

A woman or man who claims to fight for justice and equality, but picks and chooses favored constituents in a biased manner.

After his appointment as CEO, Richard quickly promoted all his friends, while marginalizing groups he did not favor. He is quite the Carranza!

Carranza by #ActNow February 8, 2019

Bamboo Ceiling

Organizational barriers - including racism, perception of foreignness and cultural differences - that impede an Asian person's progress within organizations. Bamboo

Han was a talented but introverted engineer, and could not pierce through the bamboo ceiling to become a plant manager.

Bamboo Ceiling by #ActNow February 8, 2019

Raceous

A derivative of the word Race. Raceous is similar in meaning toRacist, but in a less obvious way.

The word sounds similar to nauseous, implying that someone was sickened or made to feel uncomfortable by conduct and speech that was racial in nature but that same conduct or speech may not have been explicitly racist or was not proven to be racist.

My employer keeps misspelling Asian last names (<4 letters) in internal memos. It’s not racist but still rather raceous, wouldn’t you say?

Raceous by #ActNow February 7, 2019