Scott Warrick is a practicing Employment Law Attorney, Human Resource Professional, and three-time best-selling author with over 40 years of hands-on experience.  For over 25 years, he was a staunch advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI. He has spoken at over 25 DEI conferences across the country and was a seven-time presenter at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) National Diversity/Inclusion Conference. Scott’s second book, Living The Five Skills of Tolerance, was  a #1 Best Seller in 13 categories on Amazon.

However, when the SHRM human resource chapter he helped found in 1986 in Columbus, Ohio, the Human Resource Association of Central Ohio (HRACO), said that the reason white men do not support DEI programs is because they are all “guilty,” he went to the chapter’s leadership with concerns about the statement. Not only did they ignore the race essentialist nature of the comment, but the stereotyping and the teaching of illegal programming tactics continued. For 18 months, Scott tried to fully discuss these issues, but his attempts fell of deaf ears and were sometimes even met with ridicule.

After a year and a half of trying to end the illegal and bigoted programming put on by HRACO, Scott became a whistleblower. In November 2023, he broadcasted his “Is Your DEI Program Racist?” podcast, revealed the race-essentialist comments made by the members of HRACO.

He was promptly cancelled by not only HRACO, the organization which he’d helped found, but also by the Ohio State SHRM Council, the Ohio State SHRM Conference, several SHRM chapters across the state and several other professional associations who also engage in stereotyping.   

So, Scott went to FAIR. FAIR graciously allowed Scott to coordinate and start the Make Ohio FAIR chapter to help contest race-essentialist and discriminatory programming, policies, and behaviors across the state.

Scott believes that the world will not be safe for ANYONE until it is safe for EVERYONE.