Reconstructing Inclusion

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Reconstructing Inclusion S2E11: Why Ending Race is the Future of Antiracism: Dr. Sheena Mason's Breakthrough Approach to Race/ism
What if the very categories we use to fight racism are actually perpetuating it? Dr. Sheena Mason's groundbreaking work suggests a radical reimagining…
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Amri B. Johnson
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Sheena Michele Mason
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The Algorithmic Paradox: Why AI Could Be Our Best Chance to Optimize Opportunity
The research I couldn't fit into my book might be light on the path to algorithmic fairness. If a meritocratic ideal is the goal, it will require a tool…
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Amri B. Johnson

May 2025

If Only Advocates and Adversaries of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Could. . .
Since the release of Reconstructing Inclusion two and a half years ago, much of my writing has revolved around a concern—and a hope—if only.
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Amri B. Johnson
Lovingly Critical of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
I held the mirror up to myself and then turned it around for my colleagues to look at themselves. Some chaffed at my audacity.
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Amri B. Johnson
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Reconstructing Inclusion S2E10: Transcending Ideology: Making Inclusion an Organizational Superpower
DEI has been built on quicksand—untethered from reality, and championed through ideology. Today's upheaval isn't killing it; it's finally exposing the…
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Amri B. Johnson
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Quantum Victimhood: How Grievance Culture Transcends Time and Space
Quantum victimhood refers to people who profit off of the pain of those who phenotypically resembled the past, embody similar characteristics or beliefs…
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Amri B. Johnson

April 2025

Unlearning, DEI Nots and Knots
A reporter recently sent me a few very well-thought-out questions. I answer a few of them here.
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Amri B. Johnson
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What Positive Vision are you For?
There is more to organizational and everyday life than what is broken.
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Amri B. Johnson
Reconstructing Inclusion S2E9: 'Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back': Howard Ross on DEI's Historical Resilience
In a time of unprecedented polarization around diversity, equity, and inclusion work, few voices carry the weight of experience and perspective that…
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Amri B. Johnson
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Rebranding DEI?
Nuance almost never goes viral.
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Amri B. Johnson
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March 2025

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