Monthly Archives: January 2016

20 Jan

A Revered Diversity Champion

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A January 4, 2016 Harvard Business Review article entitled “Diversity Policies Rarely Make Companies Fairer, and They Feel Threatening to White Men” has caused some discomfort among diversity professionals. According to the authors, diversity policies often shield organizations from the consequences of discriminatory behavior while increasing fear among white men that they will be treated unfairly and not convincing people from underrepresented groups that they will be treated more fairly. Additionally, sensitivity training, a staple of most diversity initiatives, isn’t…..

13 Jan

SOTU and Hot Button Overreach

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When I was in high school, my sister and I watched a State of the Union speech together. As the president droned on about his accomplishments, she began describing how the President’s party rose as one to cheer his accomplishments while the other sat in stony silence. I have never watched another SOTU address since.

Since then, these divisions have deepened, as advocates of all stripes try to win at all costs, which makes it more likely that they will…..

07 Jan

It Was a Very Bad Year

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2015.

It was a very bad year.

At least for me.

It was a year of illness, sadness, and abortion wars. It was a year of ballooning debts and ISIS. It was a year of futile frustration trying to find a job and observing increasing snarkiness among people from different races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It was a year of authority figures using the power of bureaucracy, firearms, free speech, and money to sow seeds of apathetic bitterness and rage……

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Monthly Archives: January 2016

A Revered Diversity Champion

SOTU and Hot Button Overreach

It Was a Very Bad Year