Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Trainers

Chapter 1

Overview of the DEI Landscape

As the daughter of educators, I felt like I was receiving a lesson in every moment spent with my parents. If I asked my mother for help with an essay, she pulled out a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a red ballpoint pen. Hours later, my essay would be covered in red lines with suggestions for better word choices in the margins. There would be several rounds of edits before she was satisfied with the final product. If I had to study for a history exam or write a paper on a particular historical event, my father would settle into his green wingback chair, adjust his glasses, and begin, “Well, to understand the Korean War we really need to go back a few hundred years to understand Chinese–Korean relations …” ...