Dr. Sherita Golden will resign as vice president and chief diversity officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the institution announced Tuesday.
Johns Hopkins University of Medicine shared the official announcement from Dean Theodore DeWeese and Executive Vice President Kevin Sowers with Fox News Digital.
“We are writing to share the news that, after much reflection, Dr. Sherita Golden has decided to step down from her role as vice president and chief diversity officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine. She has been a valued member of the Johns Hopkins medicine leadership team. and, like many of you, we wanted her to remain in her position, but we respect her decision,” the message said.
The announcement also revealed that Golden would remain at the facility as the Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Johns Hopkins Medicine will conduct a national search for a new chief diversity officer. (iStock)
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“As Dr. Golden transitions her diabetes research as a faculty member, we remain steadfast in our commitment to the principles and values of diversity, inclusion, and health equity. We will continue to address health disparities and increase retaining and recruiting diverse talent – all in service of the richly diverse communities we serve,” he continued.
The announcement also said: “Indeed, the diversity of our institution is, and always will be, one of our greatest strengths, and directly supports our continued leadership in medicine. This work requires courage and we are deeply grateful to Dr. Golden for her grace under pressure, his poise in the face of adversity, and his dedication to the mission and work of ODIHE.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine is developing a search committee to conduct a “national search” for a new chief diversity officer. Meanwhile, Inez Stewart, chief human resources officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, will serve as interim director.
Dr. Sherita Golden was criticized for sharing a list of “privileged” classes in a community newsletter in January. (Adobe)
Golden previously sparked controversy after the popular conservative X account @EndWokeness published a newsletter of his discovered in the January 2024 issue of Monthly Diversity Digest. The message included “privilege” as a “diversity word of the month” along with a number of descriptions considered “privileged.”
“Privilege is an unearned benefit granted to people who belong to a specific social group. Privilege operates at personal, interpersonal, cultural, and institutional levels, providing advantages and favors to members of dominant groups at the expense of members of dominant groups. other groups.” read the bulletin.
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The bulletin identified “white people, able-bodied people, heterosexual people, cisgender people, men, Christians, middle-class or property-owning people, middle-aged people, and English-speaking people” as people who enjoyed privilege in the United States.
John Hopkins and Golden faced intense criticism for the newsletter, prompting the hospital to apologize. Golden also apologized, but the hospital took no disciplinary action against her.
Initially, Johns Hopkins Medicine did not discipline Golden for the newsletter. (iStock)
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“The newsletter included a definition of the word 'privilege' that, 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 fell short of that goal. In fact , because it was overly simplistic and poorly written, had the opposite effect of being exclusionary and harmful to members of our community,” Golden wrote. “I retract and repudiate the definition I shared, and I am sorry. I will work to ensure future messages better reflect our organizational values.”
