Baltimore City Health Department held racially segregated equity meetings: report

The Baltimore City Health Department (BCDHD) reportedly separated employees into a "White caucus" and "people of colour caucus" for a bid of taxpayer-funder diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practice.

According to Spotlight connected Maryland, a associated probe portion from The Baltimore Sun, FOX 45 News and WJLA records amusement the bureau paid extracurricular consultants to behaviour radical equity grooming and past advised BCHD to big abstracted "White caucus" and "people of colour caucus" meetings.

The records, obtained by the outlets, amusement however the metropolis utilized payer dollars to reportedly assistance White radical recognize their "own complicity and systemic racism."

Records bespeak that the Baltimore City Health Department paid extracurricular consultants to behaviour grooming that advised "White caucus" and "people of colour caucus" meetings. (Google Maps)

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According to invoices obtained by Spotlight connected Maryland, BCHD reportedly paid astir $50,000 betwixt 2022 and 2024 for an "Undoing Racism Workshop" led by the Louisiana-based People's Institute for Survival and Beyond.

In 1 interior email, a Baltimore City Office of Equity & Civil Rights worker described the enactment arsenic "OG extremist organizers."

Spotlight connected Maryland states that the enactment paid the People's Institute to be and supply feedback for a monthly group. (Getty / Stock photo)

According to Spotlight connected Maryland, the enactment paid the People's Institute to be and supply feedback for its monthly "White Caucus Group," which is simply a "group of White radical who conscionable for the intent of gathering analysis, awareness, stamina, and strategy to situation systemic racism and internalized White supremacy."

"These goals necessitate immoderate clip and intentional spaces wherever White radical tin bash the idiosyncratic enactment of knowing our ain complicity and systemic racism and physique the skills indispensable to situation that complicity," the agency’s statement of the scheduled meetings reportedly said according to the section reports.

"White affinity groups let america to analyse our radical conditioning without relying connected radical of colour for answers oregon subjecting them to our process."

Receipts reviewed by the section outlet reportedly amusement that BHCD spent much than $2,000 successful payer funds connected nutrient for a three-day radical equity grooming hosted by the People’s Institute successful November 2024.

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The cupola of Baltimore City Hall is seen amid the skyline successful Baltimore. (REUTERS/Stephanie Keith)

A spokesperson for the People’s Institute defended its role, referring to the meetings arsenic "affinity spaces."

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"Affinity spaces, oregon worker assets groups arsenic they are called successful the firm world, person been shown to summation worker engagement and retention. Research connected affinity groups demonstrates that members consciousness much supported by colleagues aft participating. These groups make opportunities to stock ideas and connection feedback successful smaller spaces, which past improves the prime of dialog and occupation solving crossed the department," the spokesperson told the outlet.

Fox News Digital has besides reached retired to the BCDHD for comment.