There is an unspoken tax that we all pay. It is a tax that impedes growth and stagnates economies, a tax stealing wealth and wellbeing from us all every year. This tax is collected around the world, often targeting those least able to pay it. It is the tax on being queer, Black, or female. It's the tax on autism and wheelchairs. It is the tax on being different.

Dr. Vivienne Ming provocatively addresses this tax by making it tangible. Leveraging massive amounts of HR data, she rewrites issues of bias and discrimination in order to understand and quantify what your differences are costing you. Simultaneously didactic and richly autobiographical, The Tax on Being Different combines vibrant life stories with profound insights about people and, more importantly, how we can change them for the better.