Leadership in the Age of Personalization Docuseries

LAOP 2021 · No. 05

Social Media and DE&I Amongst the Youth

Brielle Lubin

Recorded when Brielle was a sophomore at Harvard-Westlake School

From the recording

There's this public pressure on social media that makes someone like me, a Gen Z, and other Gen Zs want to conform instead of just putting our ideas out there.

Brielle Lubin

About this episode

Recorded when Brielle Lubin was a 10th grader at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. Brielle opens with a poem she wrote for the summit, then recalls the summer of 2020 on Instagram, when classmates felt that not reposting meant holding the wrong opinion. It left her doubting her own morality. She leads two student clubs and has seen well-meant D&I clubs still make outsiders feel unwelcome. Her answer is a basic one: we have to relearn how to listen.

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