Can we really claim to support diversity and inclusion and not talk about Ferguson, Missouri, racial disparities and economic exclusion? Someone told me that I shouldn’t talk about it in my work because it’s too political. If stopping the dehumanization and brutality against people of color, mentally ill and anyone else is too political, then I’m too political. Inclusion is…
A participant in one of my Diversity and Cultural Intelligence programs this week said that it was just a matter of having an open mind. That’s like using the word “respect.” To many people having an open mind is being around people who are just like themselves. I don’t even know what that means any more. Most people think they…
Here are some of my diversity and inclusion heroes and zeros for August 2014- Feel free to send me your diversity and inclusion heroes and zeros. Diversity and Inclusion Hero #1 is The Chicago White Sox for sponsoring a night called “LGBT Pride Night, Out At the Sox,” on August 16, when they played against the Blue Jays. So if…
In honor of Gay Pride-Please promise to never use the term “sexual preference.” It’s culturally ignorant and you sound like you know nothing. When someone who should know better uses it, it’s simply offensive. Please think about sexual orientation and gender identity. Being Transgender is not a sexual orientation.A person can be Transgender and be straight or lesbian, bisexual or gay.This is…
Listen to my full segment ,”Beyond LGBTQ,, Finding Commonalities in Our Multiple-Identities
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