Comments on: Race, Class, and Credentials in the Nonprofit World http://www.rosettathurman.com/2007/10/race-class-and-credentials-in-the-nonprofit-world/ empowering a new generation of leaders Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.rosettathurman.com/2007/10/race-class-and-credentials-in-the-nonprofit-world/#comment-52450 Anonymous Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:58:00 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-52450 I would add this - one can come from a poor or minority or both background AND have a degree from Harvard. One can also come from a relatively privileged (white or otherwise) background and have neither trust fund nor connections. I believe those things are secondary to the core problem - a business model that does not include paying workers who need to work for a living. I think this is an artifact of a history where nonprofit workers were either women supported by their husbands or religious workers supported by the church. I would add this – one can come from a poor or minority or both background AND have a degree from Harvard. One can also come from a relatively privileged (white or otherwise) background and have neither trust fund nor connections. I believe those things are secondary to the core problem – a business model that does not include paying workers who need to work for a living. I think this is an artifact of a history where nonprofit workers were either women supported by their husbands or religious workers supported by the church.

]]> By: Martin Luther King’s Tough Love for the Nonprofit Sector: It’s Not About Credentials, It’s About Service | Rosetta Thurman http://www.rosettathurman.com/2007/10/race-class-and-credentials-in-the-nonprofit-world/#comment-52395 Martin Luther King’s Tough Love for the Nonprofit Sector: It’s Not About Credentials, It’s About Service | Rosetta Thurman Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:57:05 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-52395 [...] also written before about the peculiar tendency of the nonprofit sector to focus on the prestige of higher education and class when recruiting top leaders. Dr. King talked about how the “drum major instinct” can [...] [...] also written before about the peculiar tendency of the nonprofit sector to focus on the prestige of higher education and class when recruiting top leaders. Dr. King talked about how the “drum major instinct” can [...]

]]> By: The World Needs You to Be You | Rosetta Thurman http://www.rosettathurman.com/2007/10/race-class-and-credentials-in-the-nonprofit-world/#comment-52003 The World Needs You to Be You | Rosetta Thurman Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:01:39 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-52003 [...] at the table had two parents. And two, that those parents had respectable careers that merited impressed head nodding from everyone at the [...] [...] at the table had two parents. And two, that those parents had respectable careers that merited impressed head nodding from everyone at the [...]

]]> By: cingib http://www.rosettathurman.com/2007/10/race-class-and-credentials-in-the-nonprofit-world/#comment-112 cingib Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:51:00 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=128#comment-112 Rosetta:<br/><br/>Your comments are much appreciated, as well as a thoughtful and clear synopsis of the challenges the sector continues to face (and not yet overcome, IMHO). Here's hoping that you and others with the courage to "name it" are heard!<br/>Cynthia Rosetta:

Your comments are much appreciated, as well as a thoughtful and clear synopsis of the challenges the sector continues to face (and not yet overcome, IMHO). Here’s hoping that you and others with the courage to “name it” are heard!
Cynthia

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