There"s also the added pressure of feeling like you"re not just representing yourself, but others like you. One of Cook"s interviewees, a Latina senior executive, said she thought any failure of hers would disadvantage future Latina job candidates. Similarly, a black male executive said of assessing black candidates for senior roles: "If he fails, then it is an "I told you so" from others. They may attribute [his or her] lack of success to race."