For those who are keeping up with the continuing labor for racial justice, the wheel has turned again; at least on the long and winding road of au courant vocabulary and jargon. The announcement came in The New York Times, which means it must be so. The headline was, “Why Some Companies Are Saying ‘Diversity … Continue reading News Flash: DEI Is Now DEI-B
[NOTE: In the post featuring “TUD” (The Unforgettable Diagram) about racism and its roots, the “stick person” of individual attitudes and actions was surrounded (embedded?) by many systems, which showed the impact of racism, and in may ways preserved and reproduced it; and both were enclosed (imprisoned?) in the larger encompassing culture.
It was in the second session of our anti-racism class, if I remember right, that the teacher drew a diagram on the big flip chart. I’m going to call it TUD, for The Unforgettable Diagram. I’ve forgotten a lot about the class, but not that. Definitely not that. The class met in the library at … Continue reading Aiming for the Roots: Anti-Racism and A Failed Attack on Racist Culture
It doesn’t seem there’s any way around it: so far, 2023 is a Big Bust as far as editorial cartoons go. We now have proof of that, at least in the form that counts for the educated classes, a statement by an elite college professor,
Brief: More AFSC Fallout from Philly: USAToday & the New York Post have stories & videos up about the AFSC Fake DEI [Diversity, Equity & Invlusion] kerfuffle. They may only be online, but The NYPost has run 2 or 3 stories, and both “papers” have broad social media readership. There’s no news in these reports, … Continue reading AFSC Impostor Scandal Going National & Viral