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Racism in Medicine

Posted by Berthoud Consulting on May 19, 2026 | Featured

I have a condition. Actually, I don’t and that’s the problem. Let me explain.

I have a new doctor because of new insurance. I’ll skip the annoyance about insurance practices. The doctor did a new baseline blood test and discovered my white blood cell count is consistently low. Chronic leukopenia it is called. It may be nothing. But just to be safe, she sends me to a … Read More

Intimidating, Articulate

Posted by Berthoud Consulting on April 29, 2026 | Featured

I’m the only Black person in a group. A fact usually less salient as my Blackness is generally accepted, acknowledged, and integrated into groups I choose. I distinguish genuine interest and awareness from performative or clueless interaction. So, I was discomfited by a group member’s appreciation in the closing … Read More

Tags: Coaching, Diversity Equity & Inclusion / Racial Justice, Leadership, Self-development, Social justice

I Read the News

Posted by Berthoud Consulting on June 11, 2025 | Featured

I read the news that a gunman killed two Jewish people in an act of barbarism and terrorism. In the intentional chaos and cruelty that is the style and substance of the current regime, I titrate my news intake. I want to be informed but not swallowed by a tidal wave of overwhelm and anger. When I got the news, I had reactions and analysis but neither shock nor anguish. Then I read Julian Chender’s post and was chagrined to see the difference in our responses. I was disappointed where he was close to despair. I had political analysis while he was also experiencing persecution. I saw … Read More

Tags: Social justice

We’re in This Together

Posted by admin on January 24, 2022 | Featured

This year I extended my annual sampling of Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches and writing to his birthday week. I am taken this year by the “interrelated structure of reality.” As King says, All life in interrelated. We are caught … Read More

Tags: Diversity Equity & Inclusion / Racial Justice, Social justice

Focus and Balance in 2018

Posted by admin on January 25, 2018 | Featured

Well, that was a year! The assault on political institutions and norms, the additional suffering heaped needlessly on the already vulnerable, self-serving and self-dealing in the halls of power, are individually and collectively breathtaking. From agencies run by avowed antagonists … Read More

Tags: Leadership, Self-development, Social justice

Addressing Structural Racism—In the Moment

Posted by admin on May 4, 2017 | Featured

In a group addressing structural racism in organizational operations and programmatic work, we are reviewing proposals for action. A person of color notes some language used in otherwise sound ideas could unintentionally reinforce the separation the proposal seeks to address. … Read More

Tags: Diversity Equity & Inclusion / Racial Justice, Leadership, Self-development, Social justice

Thinking of Martin Luther King: Take Wise Action

Posted by admin on February 27, 2017 | Featured

How shall I be a citizen? What will I do to participate in the democracy I believe in? Friends, colleagues, and clients are grieving. The things we work for—living wages, decent working conditions, respect for and inclusion of the differences … Read More

Tags: Diversity Equity & Inclusion / Racial Justice, Social justice

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