A Johns Hopkins University diversity officer just resigned from the position after facing backlash for an email describing white, Christian, and English-speaking people as privileged.
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Dr. Sherita Golden (pictured) will leave her role as chief diversity officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine and join the faculty as a diabetes researcher instead, the school announced Tuesday, according to the Baltimore Fishbowl.
The announcement did not mention Golden’s email disparaging people of “privilege,” which drew widespread criticism in January, the Fishbowl reports. Golden later retracted and apologized for the email.
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