Here again is Christopher Rufo with documents from another corporate training program, this one from CVS. Like all of these anti-racism initiatives, it kicks off by having participants break themselves into identity groups to identify their privilege, teaches them how to be an ally, and ends with a commitment to put the training into action. And as so many of these programs do, this one too included Ibram X. Kendi to explain how to be born white in America is to be racist.
SCOOP: @CVSHealth CEO Larry Merlo earned 618 times more than the median CVS employee salary, while simultaneously promoting the idea that America is "racist" and forcing hourly-wage workers to deconstruct their racial and sexual "privilege."
Here is the full story.👇
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 22, 2021
Last year, Merlo—who has since retired—launched an extensive race reeducation program, built on the core tenets of critical race theory, including "intersectionality," "white privilege," and "unconscious bias." pic.twitter.com/lWya3bg351
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 22, 2021
Merlo hosted a conversation with critical race guru Ibram Kendi, who told 25,000 CVS employees that "to be born in [America] is to literally have racist ideas rain on our head consistently and constantly." As a result, Americans are "completely soaked in racist ideas." pic.twitter.com/xdDdjwTMYD
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 22, 2021
Kendi argued that two- and three-year-old children are deeply racist: "Our kids are basically functioning on racist ideas, choosing who to play with based on the kid's skin color." The solution, in part, is to "diagnose" them as "racist" in order to help them become “antiracist." pic.twitter.com/FB67Vjgp6A
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 22, 2021
That’s why he wrote “Antiracist Baby” as a complement to his “How to Be an Antiracist.”
In a mandatory training, CVS executives forced hourly-wage employees to deconstruct their racial and sexual identities, then rank themselves according to their "privilege"—a practice informed by the theory of "intersectionality." pic.twitter.com/TjFewREPDV
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 22, 2021
Examples of privilege, according to a checklist, included "celebrat[ing] Christmas," "hav[ing] a name that is easy to pronounce," "feel[ing] safe in your neighborhood at night," and "feel[ing] confident in my leadership style." pic.twitter.com/NBnKHQ5YCF
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 22, 2021
Other signs of privilege: “When working with or leading a group, you do not worry about being described as aggressive” and “I always go to the doctor when I feel unwell or have injured myself.”
In another module, CVS executives created detailed racial etiquette "reference cards" telling employees stop using "problematic phrases" such as "I'm not racist," "I'm colorblind," "I grew up poor," "peanut gallery," and "we must stand up for minorities." pic.twitter.com/dWE6TXCe4D
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 22, 2021
Here’s why “I’m not racist; I have friends of color” is offensive.
The irony of these corporate "privilege" programs is inescapable. Last year, CEO Larry Merlo earned 618 times the median CVS employee salary, yet still lectured his 300,000 employees—many of whom live in poverty—about their "privilege." pic.twitter.com/M6iZVeA5Nh
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 22, 2021
Corporate "diversity and inclusion" programs are a scam: far from being a bottom-up program of empowerment, the new ideology of "antiracism" allows elites to assuage their guilt and shift blame to the average American.
Read the full story at City Journal:https://t.co/atmJ3LG2TQ
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 22, 2021
Always the way it is, isn’t it. Vile hypocrisy.
— Will Schafer (@augustacarguy) September 22, 2021
Like American Express (“Membership has its privileges”) host a lecture on how capitalism is racist.
Leftists still can't quite wrap their head around this: the reason the very rich impose this on others is precisely because it *guards* their actual privilege, which is their money, and keeps workers distracted by turning them against each other by race
— Reclusive Novelist Andrew Cone (@andrewpcone) September 22, 2021
Critical Race Theory is a luxury belief very often embraced wealthy white progressives because it allows them signal their moral virtue while keeping all their wealth and do virtually nothing for people of color. That’s why corporate leaders love it.
— Moms For Liberty Williamson County TN (@Moms4LibertyWC) September 22, 2021
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
— Abide (@abide_dude42) September 22, 2021
Related:
‘Critical race theory is infrastructure’: Christopher Rufo looks at ‘equity’ in the infrastructure bill https://t.co/0Hw3eGx5gO
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 3, 2021
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