The responsiveness of at-risk adolescent Ethiopian girls to the contents of a workshop promoting their occupational aspirations was found to be related to their belief in their ability to negotiate the unwelcome ethno-racial gaze of Israeli society. This belief is closely tied to the way they perceive and experience their ethno-racial blackness -- as a burden or as a resource. Based on the field research, the article discusses the two responses to the workshop and suggests a framework informed by FemCRT as a possible approach to overcoming the shortcomings of the workshop described.