In a post in November,  Milena Radzikowska quoted from her edited book

 If people from different fields are going to work together on projects,
then they need to begin to understand each other. They can be separated by
the words they use, the ways they work and how they think.:


Yup.

I know that I am not an expert in many things. I know my knowledge is
deficient. I posted a very short segment of the opening chapter of my new
book. I saw a Twitter response say8ng that I didn't understand the issues."
OK," I thought to myself, "that could very much be true." So I wrote a
private DM in Twitter to the author of the note, asking if we could talk
privately. I wanted to learn. Twitter, I said, was not a good vehicle.

I was assuming the normal kind of colleague-to-colleague conversation,
perhaps 30 minutes to an hour. Instead, I was told I could see her
consulting rate. When colleagues talk to one another, they do not charge
for their time.

To say that I was shocked is an understatement. Unfortunately, I responded
-- and I now regret the response I wrote.

I have been fiercely attacked, even on this list. OK. I can take it. Even
though I feel that there has been misunderstandings on everyone's part
(mine included)

Milena Radzikowska siad the following in her posting to this list. I am in
complete agreement.

Just because you are an “expert” in some areas doesn’t mean you know
anything about many, many others.
Just because someone says they are an expert in something doesn’t mean they
really are.
Toxic cultures are maintained without “truth-to-power”.


She also said, referring to me:

I also have little confidence that, given his response to Castillo, he
would learn anything from a private message.

I end by quoting from a friend of mine, Kevin Bethune in his new book
called "rRimagining design," to be published March 15 (MIT Press).

The copy for his book says that it is:

lessons from a Black professional's journey through corporate America.
https://www.kevinbethune-reimaginingdesign.com/

And it says that we:

need to consider the broader ecological implications of our decisions and
acknowledge the threads of systemic injustice in order to realize positive
change. His book is for anyone who has felt like the “other”—and also for
allies who want to encourage anti-racist, anti-sexist and anti-ageist
behaviors in the workplace.

Do I have a lot to learn?   Yes. Especially because I wish to "acknowledge
the threads of systemic injustice" and "to encourage anti-racist,
anti-sexist and anti-ageist behaviors in the workplace. "

And if I am guilty, please do not call me names: educate me.

Don


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