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Pondering the “d-word”

It’s been a while since I have heard it, but “divisive” recently re-appeared in my world. It’s something to ponder: that word could be used…

Mar 31, 2023

Pondering the “d-word”

Mar 31, 2023

Racial Equity Step 1: Do Less

This is an update to a 2020 post on the Philanthropy New Yorks’ Insights blog.

Dec 7, 2022

Racial Equity Step 1: Do Less

Dec 7, 2022

What I Know About Perfectionism

In this post, I will try to write about whiteness and perfectionism. And in doing so, attempt to embrace the lack of clarity and precision…

Nov 19, 2022

Dr. Evil petting his cat while consulting with Number Two over his shoulder.

Nov 19, 2022

When a Gondola Couldn’t Save a Marriage

Last night, in an attempt to enjoy all that is right with the world, I sat back to watch what was sure to be the sweetest Love Is Blind**…

Nov 3, 2022

SK and Raven, a man and a woman, leaning into each other on a boat ride, a bottle of champagne next to them.

Nov 3, 2022

On Professionalism: “These words are my screams.”

“I wanted to scream. I wanted to tell both the judge and the opposing counsel that they upheld systems of racial hierarchy. I did not…

Oct 25, 2022

Leah’s article annotated with my scrawl saying “YES” multiple times.

Oct 25, 2022

White Folks, We Do Know What to Do

For the past few years, fall has marked the start of me leading another cohort of white leaders on a 7-month journey of dismantling…

Oct 21, 2022

White Folks, We Do Know What to Do

Oct 21, 2022

Still starting with “tell me about yourself?”

Interviews are awkward. The stakes are high, everyone’s nervous. They do not lend themselves well to pleasant chitchat.

Oct 15, 2022

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly attending a job interview dressed in tuxedos in a scene from “Step Brothers.”

Oct 15, 2022

Letting Go of Good

This was originally posted, in a slightly different form, on the evaluation blog AEA365.org.

Oct 12, 2022

Box with text: White Fragility: A four step process. The four steps listed are I’m a good person, I’m a good person, right? Wait, I’m not a good person? I must save myself at all costs.

Oct 12, 2022

An Allegory about Pay Data

Earlier this year, the EEOC published a 370-page report assessing its efforts to collect mandatory pay data from all US employers in 2017…

Oct 11, 2022

White man in loose clothing lying down against a tree, wiping his brow in response to the smiling sun’s heat above him.

Oct 11, 2022

Weaving Time in a Tapestry (Time Series #2)

“Call me anytime, sweetheart,” my dad (90) always says, and he means it. When I protest and say that I don’t want to wake him up late at…

Oct 7, 2022

A white woman and her elderly father smiling at the beach.

Oct 7, 2022

Meredith Reitman

Meredith Reitman

Dr. Meredith Reitman, is a qualitative and quantitative researcher who specializes in exploring how race operates within workplaces. www.reitmanresearch.com

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