Well-Being & Inclusion Articles and Posts
By Theresa M. Robinson
A Safe Home for the REAL DEIL™️ Away from the Algorithm Pattyrollers
I feel like I've been "running" from the "algorithm pattyrollers" for so long....especially since March 24, 2022, when the first issue of my REAL DEIL™️ newsletter debuted on the "professional" social media platform, LinkedIn. When LinkedIn rejected my application to...
REAL DEIL Wisdom for Ears That Hear (part of the REAL DEIL™ series)
I’ve been feeling some kind of way about what I’ve been observing on LinkedIn lately. Each day “humanity” seems to be moving more willfully toward sealing the world’s doom. And in “super-power” fashion, the United States is leading the pack. First at being worse when...
Liars, and Tyrants, and Beards….Oh My! (part of the REAL DEIL™ series)
First things first.... Stop coming for me. I do not negotiate with willful gaslighting racists and bigots. Periodt. So, when I disconnect from you or block you, it says this about YOU: you are NOT my assignment you are a distraction you are a danger to progress and it...
“Were You Ever Serious About Me?” (part of the REAL DEIL™ series)
Image by Nicholle Kobi A "BREAK-UP LETTER" TO WHITE-CENTERED COLONIZED DEI FROM ANTI-RACISM “Dear” DEI, It’s not me. It’s you. I have grown so very tired of waiting for you to get your “act” together. The handwriting was on the wall when you started escalating your...
When DEI Goes Low, I Go 50 for 50 (part of the REAL DEIL™ series)
They’ve done it again. Trying to make “anti-racism” a dirty word. By now, you know my line… The language is in on it.© White-centered colonized DEI is also in on it with its “innocent” professing that…. “DEI is more than just about race.” “DEI should avoid a focus on...
“REAL DEIL” Poetic (In)Justice (part of the REAL DEIL™ series)
Because sometimes prose just won't do..... WHEN WAS AMERICA GREAT? when was America great was it when this land was "discovered" was it when this land was stolen was it when this land was "settled" was it when First Peoples were killed was it when First Peoples were...
When *Good* White Men Go Rogue
I was *robbed*….. of the opportunity to comment on Joe Bruno’s post positing ra.ci.sm as a mental illness. He deleted it before I could weigh in. I’ve been away, plus I don’t *do* LinkedIn on Sabbath or on Sunday. This is my de facto comment on his post…. “Joe BruNO,...
The Language of Othering: It’s Where DEI Goes to DIE (part of the REAL DEIL™ series)
“The language is in on it.” I’ve been saying that a lot lately. And it’s what I said when my general manager explained to me a few days ago that “quiet quitting” is a thing. Whew chile…….this racist capitalist system is up to it again. “Quiet quitting.” What the...
The Poll Tax “Reinvents” Itself as DEI Certification and Guess Who It Will Hurt the Most? (part of the REAL DEIL™ series)
A Black DEI consultant, white female DEI consultant, Black midwife, and white male ob-gyn all walk into a bar.... It's reminiscent of the opening for one of the most "classic" well-known joke types. Only this time we instinctively know it won't be a joke. It won't be...
RFPs, Discovery Calls, and Other “Common” Racial Capitalist DEI Traps (part of the REAL DEIL™ series)
During the two-week timeframe leading up to August 1, the due date for my mortgage payment, I called them up and offered them the following in lieu of money— visibility and exposure networking opportunities waived conference attendance fee They turned me down. Imagine...
10 White-Centered “DEI Games” that Companies Play with Black Candidates and Employees (part of the REAL DEIL™ series)
Let’s be clear that white-centered DEI is not DEI. If you need a refresher, check out this prior newsletter edition, "DEI that Fails to Decenter Whiteness Is Not Real DEI." Real DEI is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion that we’ve been fighting for all this time. Real...
The Way Some White Men Do It in the DM’s: Part 2, The Translation and Analysis (part of the REAL DEIL™ series)
Okay, so let me catch you up—you too, Vanguard—in case you missed my post from Monday, July 18. Alternatively, you can read Monday’s post in its entirety with my July 18 article. Background Though not a connection of mine and never “liking” or supporting (to my...
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