Holy CRAP this thread --> City of Seattle's newest training for white city employees ONLY is well ... pretty damn RACIST

When we first saw this thread about a new training for the City of Seattle’s white employees we thought there was no way this could be real.

It’s exceptionally insane.

But nope, it’s real.

And holy crap:

The City of Seattle held a training session for white employees called “Interrupting Internalized Racial Superiority and Whiteness.”

So I did a public records request to find out exactly what this means. Let's go through it together in this thread. ?

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 6, 2020

Gosh, we didn’t know we needed to interrupt our whiteness not to be racist.

Or something.

Is ‘whiteness’ like being a brunette? Or is it more of a DNA thing like being Irish?

So many questions, so many stupid answers.

First, diversity trainers informed white participants that "objectivity," "individualism," "intellectualization," and "comfort" are all vestiges of internalized racial oppression. pic.twitter.com/qrZwHZgx1H

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 6, 2020

Better not be an objective, intellectual, comfortable perfectionist or you’re a big-time RACIST.

Who the Hell comes up with this crap?!

Sometimes both sides of the coin are "oppression."

Are white employees speaking too much? That's probably the internalized racial superiority of "imposition" or "paternalism."

Are white employees speaking too little? That's oppression, too, because "silence" is "violence."

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 6, 2020

What happens after the thought exercises? It's time to DO THE WORK.

The trainers ask white employees to "let go" of "comfort," "guaranteed physical safety," "control over the land," "social status," and "relationships with some other white people." pic.twitter.com/sRZf8gA6Go

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 6, 2020

Ditch your white friends and go down dark alleys to prove you’re not a racist.

Man, this is stupid. Like stupid people would walk by this training and say, ‘Damn, this is stupid.’

Then they go through a flow chart that outlines how white people "cause harm to POC," "show up small and inauthentic," and are unable to access their "humanity." pic.twitter.com/jcJppWXe0k

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 6, 2020

Nope.

We got nothin’.

In case some people are wondering if they're "really white," they pass out a datasheet called "Assimilation into Whiteness."

Are you of Arab, Jewish, Finnish, German, Italian, Armenian or Irish descent? You're definitely white. No getting out of this. pic.twitter.com/mqsCUB9Ijr

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 6, 2020

HA HA HA HA HA H HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA *breathes* HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAaaaa …

As @DrKarlynB first reported, the invitation for this training was strictly segregated to "white City employees."

The goal is to teach them how they have "complicity in the system of white supremacy" and must be held "accountable to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color." pic.twitter.com/kPbppFYDtM

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 6, 2020

We’re not experts or anything but isn’t it racist just to invite white people?

How do you know when you've successfully "interrupted your whiteness"?

–When you "implicate yourself" in racism.
–When "other white people may be angry."
–When you have stopped your "white normative behavior." pic.twitter.com/7Pv5FvRxm1

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 6, 2020

White normative behavior.

As @ConceptualJames and others have shown, the new cultural revolution is being fought via corporate HR, city diversity training, and public school curriculums.

When you find something like this in your community, expose it, criticize it, mock it, and reject it. /End

— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) July 6, 2020

And they wonder why their communities are falling apart.

Wow.