all the white people in the office seem to experience Hazel's diversity efforts as FRESH and NEW and TOTALLY DIFFERENT, ignoring the fact that Nella had tried to do the exact same thing months ago.

*nods*

Office politics: Nella's boss putting her on the spot to talk about her feelings about Shartricia directly to Colin, with no real backup, is such a horrifically believable "I want to curl up inside myself and die" moment.

omg, that was just TERRIBLE. I felt so bad for Nella! And like you say, so believable. (it made me very relieved that I work in a tech job, honestly)