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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…

2 min readMar 31, 2023

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Pondering the “d-word”

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Meredith Reitman

Racial Equity Step 1: Do Less

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

2 min readDec 7, 2022

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Racial Equity Step 1: Do Less

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Meredith Reitman

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…

2 min readNov 19, 2022

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

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Meredith Reitman

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**…

2 min readNov 3, 2022

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

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Meredith Reitman

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…

2 min readOct 25, 2022

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

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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…

2 min readOct 21, 2022

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White Folks, We Do Know What to Do

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Meredith Reitman

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.

2 min readOct 15, 2022

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

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Meredith Reitman

Letting Go of Good

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

3 min readOct 12, 2022

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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.

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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…

2 min readOct 11, 2022

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

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Meredith Reitman

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…

2 min readOct 7, 2022

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

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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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