I joined BlackRock through a diversity cohort within the 2017 summer internship program. I then returned as a full-time analyst in 2018, starry-eyed and excited to take on the world in a company I thought was sustainability-oriented and committed to diversity and inclusion. I was a woman on a mission: I was going to work my way to be an unapologetic Muslim woman of color impact investor. Sure, Wall Street chases women and people of color out all the time (let alone hijab-wearing ones). But I was made of thicker skin, I told myself. I got this.
Cost of the Taj Mahal ??? 7.4 Million Lives and a Bloody History
The Taj Mahal was built by the fifth Mughal emperor of India, Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal who died in 1631 while giving birth to…