Jonathan Kay is a writer, editor, and podcast host for Quillette. He’s also, as it happens, Canadian. Which means he has a lot of occasion to see some pretty woke stuff (not that there’s a shortage of woke material in this country, but Canada has Trudeau, so you know what we’re getting at).
Anyway, Kay recently got his hands on an impressive presentation intended to help employees at a British Columbia government office better understand and be able to implement “decolonization,” and it’s a hell of a ride!
See for yourselves:
I just got sent the 136 pages (!!!) of slides for the "decolonization" training at a B.C. government office. Let's take a look, shall we?
It starts with the two instructors "acknowledging [their] positionality and power" … pic.twitter.com/YD0088ybo7
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 19, 2022
“Andrea’s advantages also include being white and small.” All white and small people out there, check your privilege, OK?
We had no idea we still have so much to learn!
As you can imagine, there's a lot of jargon. One common term is "PGM" … Apparently, this means "People of the Global Majority." It's the replacement term for BIPOC, & means non-white. If you're white, you're People of the Global *Minority* (which, confusingly, is *also* PGM..) pic.twitter.com/66COIOHBdk
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 19, 2022
Maybe they should change it to PGM-G and PGM-B, where the second “G” stands for “good” and the “B” stands for “bad.” That might make it easier.
One lesson (Slide number 45) is that the Nazi slaughter of 6-million Jews (not to mention South African apartheid) was inspired by the Canadian constitution. Who knew?! For some reason, this (dubious) lesson is illustrated with an image from the high-larious comedy show, Mr. Bean pic.twitter.com/B0F47Ihzqh
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 19, 2022
Using Mr. Bean just makes the lesson more accessible to more people who may not have known that Hitler took his cues from Canada.
Ok, moving on. Slide #53 likens capitalism to COVID. We are also told that westerners are egomaniacs, while Indigenous people are collectivist yoda shamen who say things like "we are one" pic.twitter.com/Zlwsg6WG7L
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 19, 2022
We may not be Canadian ourselves, but still. We’re learning so much!
Here are the "four types of educators" (slide #69). The first three are horrible people (peddlers in "denial," "harm" and "white fragility" respectively). The fourth type has attained a state of "grace" by humbly taking the divine sacraments of decolonization.
Not a cult. pic.twitter.com/v1iYU9KKWO— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 19, 2022
Who do you want to be? A 1, 2, 3, or 4? Evil, evil, evil, or divine?
More things to rename! Don't say "protester." Say "protecter"… And for some reason, we shouldn't say "Nomadic" anymore. It's "Intentional seasonal movement" pic.twitter.com/ARw2HGhq8z
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 19, 2022
Wait, what’s wrong with “pristine”? Guys, we’re starting to wonder about this presentation …
Signs you're a white supremacist (Slide #119): You have good manners, enjoy being punctual, remain neutral, and … watch The Agenda on TVO. pic.twitter.com/3uCCmOzXbh
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 19, 2022
So … if we want to fight white supremacy, we should be rude, late, pick a side, and fly by the seats of our pants? Is that what this slide is saying?
tons of cartoons that show, in various ways, your passage to becoming a decolonized reconciliation Thetan master. Note the endless obsession with "discomfort" and making people feel crappy about themselves—supposedly as an essential way-point on The Great Journey pic.twitter.com/RLhons9UYA
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 19, 2022
Holy hell. It really is a cult. Get outta there, British Columbian government employees!
we're also supposed to buy Indigenous art, and "show up for Indigenous resistance." (But if you do "show up," make sure you're not *on time*. Because, as slide #119 told us, you know what punctuality means, rite?) pic.twitter.com/JiBPs1BnD8
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) August 19, 2022
None of this makes any sense. Unless you’re out of your mind.
And it would appear that the government in British Columbia is run by people who are out of their minds.
I had to do something similar when I worked at Interior Health in BC. It's all so tiresome. https://t.co/9qScBxikZS
— Third Generation Calgarian 🇳🇱 (@3rdGenCalgarian) August 19, 2022
Perhaps the citizens of British Columbia should shut down the government until they can figure out what the hell is going on.
And when they figure out what the hell is going on, they’ll want to keep the government shut down.
I’ve lost track of which phase of social re-engineering we are in. https://t.co/feucsovXxx
— Organic Canadian (@CanadianSoma) August 19, 2022
This is not helping society… like at all https://t.co/mcwl6zI6cu
— Save your labels #atypical (@survive22morrow) August 19, 2022
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