Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity faced backlash over a “privilege” list, leading to a retraction by Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Sherita H. Golden.
The newsletter defined privilege and listed social identity groups granted privilege in the United States.
After the message went viral, Golden retracted it, acknowledging that the definition was exclusionary and hurtful. (Trending: Anthony Fauci Questioned About Evidence Behind COVID Restrictions)
John Hopkins just sent out this hit list of people automatically guilty of "privilege" whether they know it or not:
-Males
-Whites
-Christians
-Mid-aged people
-Able-bodied people
-Middle & owning class
-English-speaking peopleThis message was emailed directly to employees… pic.twitter.com/xor1wjo17B
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 10, 2024
Johns Hopkins Medicine confirmed the accuracy of both messages and expressed regret over the language used.
Additionally, employees were given a new pronoun usage guide as part of an inclusive ID policy.
Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity faced backlash over a “privilege” list, which was retracted after causing controversy.
The newsletter defined privilege and listed social identity groups considered privileged, leading to criticism. Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Sherita H.
“Privilege is an unearned benefit given to people who are in a specific social group. Privilege operates on personal, interpersonal, cultural and institutional levels, and it provides advantages and favors to members of dominant groups at the expense of members of other groups,” the newsletter read.
“In the United States, privilege is granted to people who have membership in one or more of these social identity groups: White people, able-bodied people, heterosexuals, cisgender people, males, Christians, middle or owning class people, middle-aged people, and English-speaking people.”
“Privilege is characteristically invisible to people who have it. People in dominant groups often believe they have earned the privileges they enjoy or that everyone could have access to these privileges if only they worked to earn them. In fact, privileges are unearned and are granted to people in the dominant groups whether they want those privileges or not, and regardless of their stated intent.”
Golden retracted the newsletter, acknowledging its poor wording and exclusionary effect.
“The newsletter included a definition of the word ‘privilege’ which, upon reflection, I deeply regret. The intent of the newsletter is to inform and support an inclusive community at Hopkins, but the language of this definition clearly did not meet that goal. In fact, because it was overly simplistic and poorly worded, it had the opposite effect of being exclusionary and hurtful to members of our community,” Golden wrote.
“I retract and disavow the definition I shared, and I am sorry. I will work to ensure that future messages better reflect our organizational values.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine confirmed the accuracy of both messages and emphasized the language used contradicted the institution’s values.
“The January edition of the monthly newsletter from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity used language that contradicts the values of Johns Hopkins as an institution. Dr. Sherita Golden, Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Chief Diversity Officer, has sincerely acknowledged this mistake and retracted the language used in the message,” a Johns Hopkins Medicine spokesperson said.
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