Back in late 2018, a story broke out of Cumming, Ga., of a Black woman, Tamla Horsford, who turned up dead at an adult slumber party—a party where she happened to be the only Black person in attendance. The initial reports were that she accidentally fell off a deck and, according to her death certificate, …
A couple of years back I had a conversation with a coworker that still haunts me. We had been talking about diversity training, and this guy was upset that I insisted my staff—which he was a part of—had to participate in the training. He was not sure why it was important; he insisted we were …
Anti-racism work, after existing primarily in the shadows of academia, activist circles and on the internet, has finally gone mainstream. The perfect storm of George Floyd’s murder and the subsequent protests, the losing battle with the coronavirus and the global economic meltdown has finally made people look outside of themselves. In theory, this should be …