Quote from: Langue_doc on May 08, 2024, 10:03:10 AMQuoteI still wonder what diversity officers spend their time doing.
Some of them send emails defining privilege, which according to the former Diversity Officer at Johns Hopkins, includes among others "white people, heterosexuals, cisgender people, men, and Christians".QuoteChief Diversity Officer Steps Down Amid Backlash Over 'Privilege' EmailQuoteDr. Sherita Hill Golden has stepped down from her role as vice president and chief diversity officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
The act comes two months after backlash for an email newsletter in which Golden explained the concept of privilege, according to reporting from The Baltimore Sun. In the January newsletter from the Baltimore hospital and research center's diversity office, Golden wrote that "privilege" was the "word of the month," defining it as "a set of unearned benefits given to people who are in a specific social group." The social groups were categorized, in part, as white people, heterosexuals, cisgender people, men, and Christians.
Quote from: spork on May 08, 2024, 12:14:15 PMQuote from: ciao_yall on May 08, 2024, 07:54:58 AM[. . .]
- Another made a point about making sure to compliment immigrants on their English.
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Odd that this qualifies as a "wrong" response. I complimented an immigrant on her English. Now we are married, which makes me more diverse.
Now where did I put my "Gays for Gaza" t-shirt?
Quote"I talk to everyone, CEO to janitor, top to bottom."
Quote from: ciao_yall on May 08, 2024, 07:54:58 AM[. . .]
- Another made a point about making sure to compliment immigrants on their English.
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QuoteTrying to remember specifics.
- One just wrote "I have no idea what to say here."
- Another made a point about making sure to compliment immigrants on their English.
- "I talk to everyone, CEO to janitor, top to bottom."
QuoteI cringe just reading that middle one now....
Quote from: ciao_yall on May 08, 2024, 07:54:58 AMQuote from: Wahoo Redux on May 07, 2024, 09:14:00 AMQuote from: ciao_yall on May 07, 2024, 09:08:56 AMQuote from: dismalist on May 07, 2024, 08:31:28 AMQuoteIn announcing the change, M.I.T.'s president, Sally Kornbluth, said diversity statements constituted a form of compelled speech that do not work.
If they don't work, they wouldn't have to be abolished. Problem is they do work in selecting faculty.
I disagree. I have seen some that were so cringeworthy we were able to avoid wasting our time interviewing the candidate.
Why were they cringeworthy? What does someone say in a DEI statement that is so wrong it eliminates them as a job candidate?
Trying to remember specifics.
- One just wrote "I have no idea what to say here."
- Another made a point about making sure to compliment immigrants on their English.
- "I talk to everyone, CEO to janitor, top to bottom."
That sort of thing. People who are more about making the point that they see humanity in those others might see as sub-human or inferior as opposed to being reasonably educated about why a college with a diverse student population might be asking such a question.
Quote from: secundem_artem on May 07, 2024, 07:21:08 AMBy the time I was an undergrad, I was no longer vacationing with my parents. Seems like a lot of kids are not willing to fledge and leave the nest.