The president and dean of Medicine at Johns Hopkins said they “repudiate” language in a bulletin from the school's Diversity Office that used a “definition of privilege that runs counter to the values of our institution.”
The original newsletter claimed that “men,” “white people,” “middle-aged people,” and “healthy people,” among other groups, benefit from “privilege,” which was January's “Diversity Word of the Month.” 2024. edition of its Monthly Diversity Summary.
“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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Johns Hopkins faced backlash over a Diversity newsletter that offered a definition of “privilege.” (iStock)
On Thursday, Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Sherita H. Golden apologized for the wording of the definition of “privilege,” saying she “deeply regretted” the “overly simplistic and poorly worded” newsletter, which she said, ” “had the opposite effect of being exclusionary and detrimental to members of our community.”
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While it is unclear whether Golden will face any disciplinary action, Theodore L. DeWeese, CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Kevin W. Sowers, executive vice president, doubled down on Golden's apology in a letter to “colleagues,” saying the definition “goes against the values of our institution and our mission and commitment to serving everyone equally.”
“Dr. Golden listened to the feedback from our community, sincerely apologized, and retracted the definition. We fully support and appreciate her decision to do so, and as leaders of Johns Hopkins Medicine, we too repudiate this language,” they wrote, according to a X, formerly Twitter, account @EndWokeness, which obtained the letter.
He added: “For us as a community, we hope this can be an opportunity to reflect on how we build bridges and connections even around challenging topics.”
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