Gretchen's List: Advancing Black Women's Leadership
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Dear Friends, I made a tremendous mistake last week when I sent my June newsletter, which I realized very soon after sending it. I had neglected, entirely, to mention George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and their murders by police officers who were enacting a long tradition of systematized state violence against Black people and communities of color. Over the past week, I have considered at length how I made this error of omission. Though I think there are many small reasons, the bottom line is that it reflects my racial privilege that I did not recognize this failure until after hitting send. I am sorry. While I work very hard to consider my privilege and how it shows up in the work that I do, it's clear there is always, always more work to be done.
Gretchen's List: Advancing Black Women's Leadership
Gretchen's List: Advancing Black Women's…
Gretchen's List: Advancing Black Women's Leadership
Dear Friends, I made a tremendous mistake last week when I sent my June newsletter, which I realized very soon after sending it. I had neglected, entirely, to mention George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and their murders by police officers who were enacting a long tradition of systematized state violence against Black people and communities of color. Over the past week, I have considered at length how I made this error of omission. Though I think there are many small reasons, the bottom line is that it reflects my racial privilege that I did not recognize this failure until after hitting send. I am sorry. While I work very hard to consider my privilege and how it shows up in the work that I do, it's clear there is always, always more work to be done.