Well-Being & Inclusion Articles and Posts
By Theresa M. Robinson
The REAL DEIL About Racial Microaggressions: What the “Giver” Needs to Know (part of the REAL DEIL™️ series)
For the record, I hate the term microaggression and would prefer something more accurate such as the “ignorant stuff people say and do.” And for racial microaggressions, I lean toward "regularly occurring racist dumbfuckery." However, for the sake of efficiency, I’ll...
The Elephant in the Room Is Not Always White: The “IPOC” Part of “BIPOC” (part of the REAL DEIL™️ series)
I was crushed. All signs pointed to me. I had tenure, experience, great client feedback. I was missing two things: white skin and a penis The white-identifying Latinx VP of Training informed me that for this major assignment of wide exposure and visibility, she had...
When a Company’s Big BUT Blocks DEI Efforts (part of the REAL DEIL™️ series)
“Our CEO doesn’t support DEI within the company, BUT……..he does believe in kindness.” Say whut now??? 😳 This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this. It’s a disturbing "trend." It falls into the same impact category as….. “we’re all human” “all lives matter” These kinds...
10 Signs It’s Time To “Fire” Your Company (part of the REAL DEIL™️ series)
Okay, so to be honest, it likely doesn't take ten signs to know it's time. But because of the practical considerations in "firing" a company--food, rent, bills--the signs need to be a slam-dunk open-and-shut case of compelling and cumulative "stuff." There. I've said...
The Weaponizing of “Team Player” (part of the REAL DEIL™️ series)
No. I am NOT a “team player” when it means conforming to majority pressure or cooperating with my marginalization or going along to get along or violating my values and principles or silencing me And guess what? When the power majority uses the term “team player” with...
Diversity Do-Over (part of the REAL DEIL™️ series)
WHAT WHITE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE RITTENHOUSE VERDICT
**THIS POST ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON LINKEDIN NOVEMBER 22 AND WAS DELETED LESS THAN 30 MINUTES AFTER IT WAS POSTED** 📢 To non-melanated folks surprised by Friday’s verdict and seem to need a stream of wake-up calls: Let me go ahead and catch you up. KKKyle’s akkkquittal...
“Allies & All Lies”: A 5-Part Series
No. 1 of a 5-Part Series ❓Do you recognize any of these performative ally types? 🎯The *drive-by allies* that pick and choose when and where they’ll take a stand. 🎯The *keyboard allies* that “view” or “like” in secret on #socialmedia while on a break from #work....
13 PROVERBS THAT WHITENESS WORSHIPPERS LIVE BY
Today while we are “distracted” by their granting “legal status” to Juneteenth, let us not forget that whiteness still lives by 13 proverbs. It is God’s will for white people to reign over non-white people. That whole “Manifest Destiny” bullshit comes from the same...
Truth is Kryptonite for White Supremacy
While the world is focused on defeating the ‘Rona and while Chauvin has been declared guilty for his videotaped killing of George Floyd, Black lives are still not safe. We continue to have to focus on STAYING ALIVE IN ALL SPACES. And though the vaccine for the ‘Rona...
Both Red and Blue Make White
The “new” code phrase signaling white supremacy, KKK, white nationalism et al ain’t fooling nobody. The desperation of “Anglo Saxons” to hold on to power dependent upon oppression of and violence toward Black and Brown folks has reached another *new* low. While we...
5 “Plays” from The Performative Company Playbook
Be guided by profit. All profit matters. In profit we trust. Any one of those three statements might as well be the mission statement of companies that show their true color (pun intended and appropriate). Profit is what determines “moral compass.” Companies...
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