The president and the dean of Johns Hopkins Medicine mentioned that they “repudiate” language in a e-newsletter from the college’s Workplace of Range that used a “definition of privilege that runs counter to the values of our institution.”
The unique e-newsletter claimed that “males,” “White people,” “middle-aged people” and “able-bodied people” amongst different teams profit from “privilege,” which was the “Diversity Word of the Month” for the January 2024 problem of its Month-to-month Range Digest.
“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 e-newsletter learn.
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Johns Hopkins confronted a backlash over a Range e-newsletter that supplied a definition of “privilege.” (iStock)
On Thursday, Chief Range Officer Dr. Sherita H. Golden apologized over the wording of the definition for “privilege,” saying she “deeply” regretted the “overly simplistic and poorly worded” e-newsletter, which she mentioned “had the opposite effect of being exclusionary and hurtful to members of our community.”
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Whereas it is unclear whether or not Golden will face any disciplinary motion, Theodore L. DeWeese, CEO of Johns Hopkins Medication, and Kevin W. Sowers, Government Vice President, doubled down on Golden’s apology in a letter addressed to “colleagues,” saying the definition “runs counter to the values of our institution, and our mission and commitment to serve everyone equally.”
“Dr. Golden heard 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, based on X, previously Twitter, account @EndWokeness, which obtained the letter.
It added, “For us as a community, we hope this can be an opportunity for reflection on how we build bridges and connection even around challenging topics.”
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