BREAKING NEWS – Baltimore, Maryland – A “privilege” list from the Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity (DEI) caused a backlash.
“Privilege is an unearned benefit given to people who are in a specific social group,” wrote Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Sherita H. Golden in the newsletter. “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.”
It continued, “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. Some people believe I received some sort of privilege to get this job, based on the things I’ve written in the newsletter, that suggests at the least, I’m extremely stupid.”