TIL Mary Ellen Pleasant, a black woman, pretended to be white, listen to white men of finace's gossip, using the knowledge to earn a $30 million fortune. After the civil war, she let everybody know she was black.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcfapTWLPg4

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-ordered-not-to-stifle-its-employees-ability-to-speak-about-work-2019-09-12

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