Tuesday, August 11, 2020

GATEKEEPER. Part 1. Are you a gatekeeper keeping the status quo and 'business as usual? August 10 2020.

 Are you a gatekeeper controlling who progresses within your organization

Are you a gatekeeper excluding others from advancing, accepting new ideas, different perspectives for change to take place in your community? 

Are you a gatekeeper excluding the average individual in education with a 1.5 or 2.0 GPA with others with a 3.5 or 4.0 GPA your main focus? 

Are you a gatekeeper focusing your efforts and attention on one sexual or orientated group (Black Females, LGBT, etc.) and excluding the opposite that subconsciously leaves no hope for the other (Black & Latino Males, etc.) to participate? 


Are YOU a gatekeeper? 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeper 

 ".......One critique of gatekeeping roles is the potential to create or reinforce inequality, for example if entry is made more difficult for minority applicants or artists. For example, Bernardine Evaristo was only the first black woman to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize in fiction in 2019, a joint award with author Margaret Atwood.[5]....."

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