Stop talking about equity
Just experienced this wild conversation: ME (faculty of color) raises legitimate concerns about equity in workload distribution CHAIR: "You should be thoughtful in how you deem what is fair and unfair" 🤔 Then proceeds to: * Suggest that caring about equity means I don't care about students (!?) * Label my discussion of fairness as "concerning" The message was clear: Stop talking about workplace equity... or else.
Question for academia: Since when did advocating for fair treatment become a threat to student success? Aren't equity and excellence supposed to go hand in hand? 🤷♀️
Anyone else experience attempts to silence discussions about workplace equity? How did you handle it? Need some real talk about maintaining professional advocacy while navigating these power dynamics.