These invisible and often unpaid tasks took various forms. For instance:

Black male educators taking on roles as disciplinarians
Latinx educators acting as language translators
Creating and curating culturally responsive, anti-racist and socially just curricular materials
Serving on equity committees and taking leadership positions
Mentoring racially marginalized students
Bridging the cultural gap as culture translators and mediators
In addition to the burden of these invisible taxes, there was also the issue of invisibility and hypervisibility that racialized teachers of the global majority had to face. We were frequently overlooked (invisible) when it came to leadership opportunities. I personally know an educator who repeatedly applied for administrative positions within the district, only to witness less competent and qualified individuals being selected. Our voices often went unheard until someone else repeated our ideas.

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