I’ve been thinking about the phrases “white privilege” and “white fragility” for a while. Both of those phrases often trigger a bunch of emotion that ends up being counterproductive to any attempt to discuss equity or increase equitable outcomes. And then, as it often happens, I read an article and a light bulb went off …
Tag: racism
New Year Commitment
Every year, numerous organizations come up with their list of words and phrases that deserve to be retired from the public lexicon. When I started my journey to learn about equity and racism, I became aware of a whole new lexicon around race, gender, socio-economic status and so on that I had not fully embraced …