The reality is that those who are not “safe” in most education spaces and professional environments are typically the very people who live mostly in the margins—women, people of color, and those who identify as LGBTQIA+. The “safety” of White people is typically prioritized in predominantly White spaces, so the necessary conversations never happen. I cannot tell you how many of my friends and colleagues have been accused of creating a hostile environment simply for trying to raise a concern about how they or how their students of color were being treated.
