Johns Hopkins Diversity Chief Resigns After Backlash to ‘Privileged’ Labels on White Males, Christians

A Maryland congressman denounced the labeling as racist and called for the diversity chief’s firing.

A general view of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., on March 28, 2020. Rob Carr/Getty Images

A Johns Hopkins Medicine diversity officer has stepped down from her position after a backlash to a newsletter she sent to hospital staff, in which she declared that white men, Christians, and English speakers have inherent unearned privileges.

Dr. Sherita Golden will leave her role as chief diversity officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine and continue her research in endocrinology and metabolism as a faculty member, the medical school announced Tuesday.