Johns Hopkins rescinds DEI memo calling white, Christian, English-speaking people privileged College Fix Staff •January 11, 2024 Share this article: The College Fix on Facebook The College Fix on Twitter The College Fix on Reddit Share on Email 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on Wednesday rescinded an e-mail sent recently from its diversity, equity and inclusion chief that called white, Christian, English-speaking people privileged, among several other “social identity groups,” according to screenshots of the memo posted on X.
Others listed on the privileged list included: able-bodied people, heterosexuals, cisgender people, middle or owning class people, and middle-aged people.
The January 2024 memo was sent Dr. Sherita Golden, Johns Hopkins Medicine’s chief diversity officer and a professor of medicine, who listed “privilege” as the “diversity word of the month.” It was sent to employees, according to End Wokeness, the X account that posted the screenshots.
The DEI memo stated in part that “privileges are unearned and are granted to people in the dominant groups whether they want that privilege or not, and regardless of their stated intent.”