Karla S. Prime PhD

I don't care how many conferences, books, papers, or speeches you give about diversity, equity, and inclusion. As long as I work in spaces where inequities happen and the system is still broken, we have hands-on, roll up your sleeves work to do.

Yesterday I was reminded of how much in control you have to be of your emotions as a Black woman. I have constantly had to deal with a hostile person and I eventually matched the tone I have been receiving for months. She felt threatened and felt I was being aggressive.

As it's the #nss scores time again, I just wanted to say to all in #HE: you achieved amazing things in an unimaginably hard year full of fear, grief, illness, homeschooling, loneliness AND tried your best to support students through it (who have also adapted amazingly).

We should not assume that a lack of motivation is an intrinsic problem. As leaders, we should first evaluate whether or not we've created an environment that inspires our employees. In order to spark motivation, people must feel seen and valued.

I was an adult when I realized everyone doesn't get critiqued as harshly as women of color. I seriously thought everybody was getting intense criticism until I saw how subpar people's work was in organizations. There are systems letting folks get by doing absolutely nothing.