For more than 10 years, some Basecamp employees maintained an open list of customer names that sounded “funny” to them.
Last year, amid a broader reckoning over diversity and inclusion, that list didn’t seem quite so funny any more. And employees wanted to talk about it.
A new vision or inspiration is often preceded by a trial by fire. Before any growth comes the pain of change. For leaders working through DEI issues, this pain can feel particularly acute. It may seem safe to retreat. We saw a retreat today....
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A new vision or inspiration is often preceded by a trial by fire. Before any growth comes the pain of change. For leaders working through DEI issues, this pain can feel particularly acute. It may seem safe to retreat. We saw a retreat today....
https://t.co/CrE52MdMh1
#BASECAMP wants to stop paternalism. Employees who want to know what is acceptable political discussion at the company should simply ask the two white guys who made all of these changes. Because daddy knows best.
Absolute bombshell of a report from The Courier Journal: LMPD hid almost 750,000 records documenting the sexual abuse of minors by Louisville police officers, and then lied to keep the files from the public https://t.co/6NrQu5rwgN
"Racism that has suppressed millions of talented people has cost the U.S. economy $16 trillion in opportunity, according to a study by Citigroup. Closing the gap now would add $5 trillion to gross domestic product." #racism#antiracism#outofprivilege https://t.co/cqQHn2ijYJ
How much access you have to democracy should NOT depend on where you live and the color of your skin. #racism#antiracism#outofprivilege#vote
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BREAKING: Lawyers say they can't find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by the Trump administration. With @JuliaEAinsley. https://t.co/riUuEshXnc
'Lovecraft Country' writer about the renaissance in Black horror, the treatment of Black characters in other horror yarns and the genre's power to help Black viewers cope with the world around them.#racism#antiracism#lovecraftcountry#outofprivilege https://t.co/NXAK9eKaFP
"The category 'white' was developed in large measure to deny social or political equality to Black people, identifying with that category seems to put you in the business of maintaining white supremacy. " #racism#antiracism#outofprivilege#whitesupremacy
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A court system in western Kentucky is working on a plan to identify and eliminate racial disparities, particularly in the juvenile court system. #racism#antiracism#outofprivilege#systemicchanges
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"Black Americans experience a harsh, sobering reality in a White America that imprints upon us an understanding of our inherent worth -- that in this country, their country, our skin is our birthright. " #racism#antiracism#outofprivilege#whiteprivilege
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A St. Louis woman has become the first Black technician for Harley-Davidson after graduating last month from the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute. https://t.co/rYgRjWWjTj
Demographic changes mean that by 2042 whites would no longer be a majority of the U.S. population. How do we use those changing demographics to bring us together rather than divide us? #racism#antiracism#outofprivilege#belonging
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In this week’s episode, we talk about what a racialized strategy means for this year’s election and why it is perhaps more worrying for the election in 2024. #racism#antiracism#outofprivilege#election#vote#belonging https://t.co/21p40QrDzW
"The mythology of racial progress distorts our perceptions of reality; perhaps more significantly, it absolves us of responsibility for changing that reality." #racism#antiracism#outofprivilege#progress https://t.co/34gXwfXwNz
This week, we talk about the first article in the 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones and what it is going to take for us to understand how to love this country in all its glory along with all its flaws. #racism#antiracism#outofprivilege#1619project https://t.co/b9edbVsMoj