<div dir="ltr"><div>Good afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>This conversation prompts me to share something I learned a few years ago from Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Robinson, before he was CJ, when he met with our Bar Association's DIversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and we talked about the term "<span class="gmail-il">brown</span> <span class="gmail-il">bag</span> lunches" in the context of discussing microaggressions and implicit bias.</div><div><br></div><div>It led me to read about the history of colorism, of which I knew little.</div><div><br></div><div>"Brown bag" connotes discrimination based on color.  As a consequence, I don't use the term brown bag lunch ...just as easy to say "BYOL"  - Bring Your Own Lunch -  or other something else.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/theres-more-seattle-brown-bag-racial-controversy-meets-eye-flna6c10836263" target="_blank">https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-colorism-2834952</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/theres-more-seattle-brown-bag-racial-controversy-meets-eye-flna6c10836263" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/theres-more-seattle-<span class="gmail-il">brown</span>-<span class="gmail-il">bag</span>-racial-controversy-meets-eye-flna6c10836263</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/question/2014/february.htm" target="_blank">https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/question/2014/february.htm</a>  <br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nccj.org/colorism-0" target="_blank">https://www.nccj.org/colorism-0</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Dwight</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="1">Dwight Merriam, FAICP</font></div><div><a href="mailto:dwightmerriam@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font size="1">dwightmerriam@gmail.com</font></a></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="1"><a href="http://www.dwightmerriam.com/" target="_blank">www.dwightmerriam.com</a> </font></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dwightmerriamesq/" target="_blank"><font size="1">https://www.facebook.com/dwightmerriamesq/</font></a></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1"><a href="https://dwightmerriam.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://dwightmerriam.wordpress.com/</a>  <br></font><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwightmerriam/" target="_blank"><font size="1">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwightmerriam/</font></a></div><div><font size="1"><a href="https://twitter.com/DwightMerriam" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DwightMerriam</a> <br></font></div><div><font size="1">80 Latimer Lane</font></div><div><font size="1">Weatogue, CT 06089<br></font><div><font size="1">860-651-7077 landline</font></div><div><font size="1">860-463-7233 cellphone</font></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 1:59 PM Mark Hamin via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">




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thanks, richard!  it is helpful to uncover some of the hidden history of terms that we use without knowing their origins.  hope that you and your loved ones are faring well, keeping safe, healthy, and happy during this time.  all best wishes and kind regards,
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