We often wonder — are these “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” training sessions exclusively for white employees? We’ve seen that case before, and since white people are the problem, it would seem silly to make people of color sit through these struggle sessions.
Christopher Rufo has promised at least 10 looks into corporations’ diversity training initiatives, and now AT&T is up to bat, with leaked documents showing just what’s being taught to AT&T employees in its “Listen. Understand. Act.” initiative.
SCOOP: AT&T Corporation has created a race reeducation program with materials claiming that "racism is a uniquely white trait" and teaching employees: "White people, you are the problem."
Here's the full story.🧵
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 28, 2021
I have obtained a cache of internal documents about the company’s initiative, called Listen Understand Act, which is based on the core principles of critical race theory, including "intersectionality," "systemic racism," "white privilege," and "white fragility." pic.twitter.com/Zj5wi9LjMm
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 28, 2021
Under the “Understand” header, employees are taught subjects like, “Being Uncomfortable,” “White Fragility,” and “Systemic Racism Is Real,” while under the “Act” banner are told about the “21-Day Racial Equity Habit Challenge” and “10 Modern Black Civil Rights Leaders to Follow.”
AT&T company instructs employees to study a resource claiming that the United States is a "racist society" and telling readers: "White people, you are the problem. Regardless of how much you say you detest racism, you are the sole reason it has flourished for centuries." pic.twitter.com/kQEwMl2wG4
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 28, 2021
“American racism is a uniquely white trait. Black people cannot be racist toward you.”
The resource claims that "American racism is a uniquely white trait" and that "Black people cannot be racist." White women, in particular, "have been telling lies on black men since they were first brought to America in chains." pic.twitter.com/MQyHUKNRI3
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 28, 2021
In another resource, AT&T teaches that "COVID-19 may have actually helped prepare us to confront in a deeper, more meaningful way the many faces of racism" by giving whites a fear of imminent death and "brooding sense of always feeling vulnerable." pic.twitter.com/95zVDE2u4D
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 28, 2021
Furthermore, as millions of Americans have lost their jobs, they "have more time" to attend street protests, which provided "a way to feel like one could have an impact." The sense of "shared helplessness," the resource claims, has resulted in positive political activism. pic.twitter.com/YWK65HIc9G
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 28, 2021
“Millions of people are furloughed or unemployed, and millions more are feeling socially insecure. Protesting became an outlet, a way to feel like one could have an impact.” So when we see protesters and ask, “Don’t they have jobs?” the answer is no, they don’t.
Finally, AT&T encourages employees to participate in a 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Challenge, which teaches that "Whiteness is one of the biggest and most long-running scams ever perpetrated" and that the "weaponization of whiteness" is a "constant barrage of harm" for minorities. pic.twitter.com/U6uSw9kTiz
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 28, 2021
The 21-Day Challenge also directs employees to articles and videos promoting fashionable left-wing causes, including "reparations," "defund police," and "trans activism," with further instruction to "follow, quote, repost, and retweet" left-wing activist organizations. pic.twitter.com/2qY6XahgyO
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 28, 2021
AT&T is another Fortune 100 company that has succumbed to the latest fad: corporate "diversity and inclusion" programming that traffics in the ugly concepts of race essentialism and collective guilt.
Read the full story at City Journal: https://t.co/KW3p96Vlop
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 28, 2021
“White people, you are the problem” seems like it falls under “hostile work environment” to me. Civil rights lawyers could have a field day with this.
— Tsukkomi Variant (@ljenkins314) October 28, 2021
If this doesn't scream "Class Action Lawsuit" I don't know what does. This is a direct violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, + then some. Imagine this being said about any other ethnicity. My word, the world really has gone tits-up.
— Swoka Tsamsiyu #RemembertheYazidis🚜🚜🚜🚜 (@PlakkiePlak) October 28, 2021
CRT is making DiAngelo and Kendi a fortune. Hope they practice what they preach and are spreading the wealth like the good socialists they are.
— Rich Dalton (@Wildcat2807) October 28, 2021
White people are not the problem! Marxist-Communists putting their ungodly drivel into society is the problem!
— Erik Richey (@jesuscxmarx) October 28, 2021
Dear God this trash is pure racist insanity. How do these corporations buy into this nonsense. They are creating hostile work environments.
— Joy (@joysof4) October 28, 2021
Always the same template. The CEO hires a DEI manager, often straight from an Ivy. The manager steers $ towards wacko buddies in the DEI Industrial complex. At this point, the company has lost control, the bullies are untouchable, and the scam continues.
— rocketman (@aherhwer) October 28, 2021
Yep. Those DEI managers have to justify their paychecks somehow.
Related:
‘WTF is internalized racial superiority?’ Christopher Rufo SCOOPS Walmart’s ‘critical race theory training program’ in receipt-filled thread https://t.co/IGbPwAfT2n
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 14, 2021
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