Abstract In a 2017 article in Perspectives on Psychological Science, Scott Lilienfeld critiqued the conceptual basis for microaggressions as well as the scientific rigor of scholarship on the topic. The current article provides a response that systematically analyzes the arguments and representations made in Lilienfeld’s critique with regard to the concept of microaggressions and the state…
Education leaders across the country have joined the chorus condemning the recent police killings of Black people. Statements released by superintendents and teachers’ unions suggest a reckoning with the institutional racism and bias embedded within schools. Some school districts have seized on this period of national reflection to propose actions and policy changes intended to reduce racial disparities in education and create anti-racist school…
The Corporate Situation Strategies Actions Outcomes The Corporate Situation: As a human services institution, JEVS is known for providing vocational and occupational services to marginalized groups e.g. disabled, immigrants, addicted, mentally ill, returning citizens, homeless, and poor or underemployed. Front-line staff and direct service providers at JEVS are primarily urban persons of color, and suburban…
JEVS’ Leadership and Human Resources Team wanted to know if there are racial tensions among staff members, and to use the responses from the Town Hall meetings to do a deeper dive into staff’s reactions about the internal climate of race relations at JEVS. Five diversity themes were measured on the DAI: color blindness, conflict…
“Help us assess and manage our staff’s reactions to George Floyd’s murder and community protests!“ The Corporate Situation Strategies Actions Outcomes The Corporate Situation: JEVS Human Services C-Suite Team was concerned about their staff and client reactions to the local (Philadelphia) racial climate and its related protests following George Floyd’s murder in May, 2020. Local…