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Johns Hopkins DEI office issues 'privilege' list in company newsletter, apologizes after backlash

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Those with 'privilege' according to newsletter included men, Christians, 'English-speaking people'​


A "privilege" list from the Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity (DEI) caused a backlash that quickly resulted in a retraction on Thursday.

The @EndWokeness X account released an unearthed newsletter from Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Sherita H. Golden on the January 2024 issue of Monthly Diversity Digest. The message included "privilege" as the "Diversity Word of the Month" along with a series of descriptions considered "privileged."

"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.

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Johns Hopkins DEI office issues 'privilege' list in company newsletter, apologizes after backlash

Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity (DEI) released a list claiming “White" and “Middle-Aged" people are “privileged."
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In the United States, Christian, especially mainstream Protestant, and White used to confer privilege.
Not anymore.
Now, being muslim, pagan/new age, etc., or atheistic confers privilege.
In some places, being woke or Democrat confers privilege.
Heterosexual used to confer privilege, although homosexual or trans doesn't confer privilege, except in limited circumstances/groups.
Men (XY), regardless of sexual preference, still enjoy privilege.
 
Tall Timbers said:
If that was ever the case, it was before my time.
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When virtually any man walks into a new job, he generally enjoys the expectation that he's competent and is treated as such.
When a woman walks into a new job, especially traditionally male-only/dominated, she has to prove herself as being competent to at least some degree before she gets the same treatment.
Example: when a woman is a rookie police officer, there's the question, will she fight and can she fight (when necessary), but the same question isn't asked behind the backs of new male officers.

When a man walks into a new job in the pink-collar ghetto, he's presumed as more competent and often promoted faster and farther than the women. Also got/gets paid more. Grade school teachers and librarians are two examples of this. Although librarians are traditionally women's jobs, Directors of libraries and Department Heads in large libraries are nearly all men, except for public school libraries. It's gotten better, but still way out of whack from what would be expected :(
Pretend women enjoy male privilege in pink collar jobs, too.

Part of the male privilege accrues from being taller, which has been shown over and over in scientific research to positively correlate to perception of competence, pay, and promotions.

It's much better now than it used to be.
 
Ghoti Ichthus said:
Part of the male privilege accrues from being taller, which has been shown over and over in scientific research to positively correlate to perception of competence, pay, and promotions.
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In large part I agree with what you have said. But throughout my life I have found that being tall and aggressive tends to give one an advantage. I am neither tall nor aggressive and I have noticed that whenever I have been in competition for a job or position, the taller male has usually beaten me. It is only through my performance that I succeeded in my broadcasting career; but it was always an uphill fight. And in Canada in my last decade or two before entering the ministry I found the same true if I were competing with a female. On top of that, for my final couple of decades, my bosses were most often female...as was the case in most large public bodies. (I'm not complaining or criticizing that latter fact, just making note that females in my country and profession did not appear to be being held back by male privilege.) I understand things may have been different for you in LE and the military, which have both traditionally been macho male arenas.
 
One of the things about Jesus that continually amazes me is how lowly He is.

The way He as born, the same with how He lived, the way He died for us. I was reading Matthew 4 about the temptations Jesus resisted and was amazed! He could have ended Satan's career quickly, but He patiently used Bible verses.

He is so the opposite of privilege. He welcomes the bruised, addicted, torn, AND abusers. His greatness is beyond belief ♥️
 
Growing in Grace said:
One of the things about Jesus that continually amazes me is how lowly He is.

The way He as born, the same with how He lived, the way He died for us. I was reading Matthew 4 about the temptations Jesus resisted and was amazed! He could have ended Satan's career quickly, but He patiently used Bible verses.

He is so the opposite of privilege. He welcomes the bruised, addicted, torn, AND abusers. His greatness is beyond belief ♥️
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I'll be amazed if Jesus ever talks to me again after all the "stuff" I put in His in-box this afternoon :cry:
 
I think there will always be 'privilege'. The bigger question is will that be used for good? In reading of some who were very priviledged, those who used it for good were an immense blessing to their society. And some of those were also Christian.

Christians are incredibly blessed, amazingly blessed (and priviledged). From this position, Christians are in a unique position during this dispensation to be of great blessings to others as the Lord works through them to spread blessings to others.

After all God's Word in the Psalms says He raises up some and brings down others according to His Will. In this time of grace He's communicated His desire in the New Testament to raise up all, if one believes in Jesus. That gift of Eternal life is available to all and this gift simply needs to be activated by faith.


So then as a Christian, blessed and priviledged in the Lord, from this position one can allow the Lord to work through them to bless others as well.


And, what a priviledge this is! :)
 
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