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**Setting:** A workplace, likely an advertising or marketing agency
**Plot:**
* The protagonist, Shaniqua (also referred to as Shannon), is an assistant to a boss named Barry.
* Barry is preparing for a meeting with a potential client, Jim, to pitch a beauty campaign.
* Shaniqua is instructed to cast models, but Barry rejects her choices, implying he wants lighter-skinned models to appear "inclusive" without actually featuring dark-skinned models.
* Barry also criticizes Shaniqua's hair and name, leading to her termination.
* Jim and his boss, Laquisha, arrive and express disappointment with the campaign's lack of inclusivity.
* In a twist, Laquisha offers Shaniqua a job and the opportunity to be the face of their new beauty campaign, embracing her dark skin as beautiful.
**Themes:**
* Racism and microaggressions in the workplace
* Tokenism vs. genuine inclusivity
* Empowerment and self-acceptance (through Shaniqua's character arc)
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, each numbered and in short sentence form, excluding opinions:
**Character & Job Facts**
1. Shannon (also known as Shaniqua) is an assistant.
2. Barry is Shannon's boss.
3. Jim is a client representing a company.
4. Laquisha is Jim's boss.
5. Latifa is mentioned as someone who is told to "go back to work".
**Event & Conversation Facts**
6. Shannon is tasked with casting models for a beauty campaign.
7. Jim mentions his company focuses on inclusivity.
8. Shannon shows Barry the selected models.
9. Barry expresses dissatisfaction with the model selections.
10. Shannon is fired by Barry.
11. Laquisha meets with Barry to discuss the campaign.
12. Laquisha decides not to work with Barry due to how he treated Shannon.
13. Shannon is offered a job and potentially to be the face of a new beauty campaign by Laquisha's company.
14. Jim tries to persuade Barry to give him another chance after losing the potential client.
**Personal & Background Facts**
15. Shaniqua means "the gift of God" in Shannon's culture.
16. Shannon prefers to be called Shaniqua over other names.
17. Laquisha is a woman of color, implied to be African American or of African descent.
18. One of the models presented is half Mexican, half White.
**Miscellaneous Facts**
19. The company Jim represents has a new line of lip scrub.
20. Shannon needs her job to pay the rent.