Posted on 06/01/2023 7:38:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Talk about a bureaucrat from the underworld. According to the Democrat governor who hired her, there were “concerns” with Dr. Karen Johnson’s professional performance, so he had to let her go — but the details of Johnson’s firing make for a spicy spectacle. (“Concerns” doesn’t quite fit; “nightmare” seems more appropriate.)
In 2020 and under Governor Jay Inslee, Washington state established the brand new Office of Equity (OOE), and in March 2021, Inslee appointed the bureau’s first director, Dr. Karen Johnson. After two tumultuous years, Inslee’s office fired Johnson sometime around mid-May, and according to one local news outlet, the reasons were budget issues and “high vacancy rates and turnover.” However, her firing also came amid a host of (rather ironic) investigative findings.
From Seattle Times:
Investigators found Johnson micromanaged and made unreasonable requests to employees, ‘was disorganized and lacked adequate structure and process,’ ‘made inappropriate or insensitive comments to some staff members,’ and publicly criticized some workers.
The investigation, spurred by claims of Johnson’s inappropriate workplace behavior by ‘multiple individuals’ working in the Office of Financial Management and the Office of Equity, was conducted by MFR Law Group, of Mill Creek.
Did I mention that Dr. Johnson is a black woman? Can somebody say “diversity hire”?
Less than a week ago, the state published that final report (which began in November 2022) on Johnson and the allegations made against her; now I know you’ll never believe this, but the very person hired to promote diversity and inclusion seems to hold seriously bigoted views, particularly against certain minorities. From the document:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
One individual (White) described an incident they perceived to be evidence of bias against Mexicans. During a group discussion, Dr. Johnson said of a staff member who self-identified as Mexican, ‘This may take some time for me because I generally distrust Mexican people. Mexican people have the option of being White when it is convenient for them.’
The report also asserted that Johnson had reprimanded women in the workplace for failing to wear makeup, and chided a “White” staffer for wearing her hair in a braid, accusing the woman of “cultural appropriation.”
She has likely never had any bounds on what she said and did.
There should be no such position. Who has mandated businesses comply with this crap? DEI, CEI, all are hate-whitey bs. I believed this is pushed by WEF, but in what world is it demanded people acquiesce to unelected self appointed elitist snobs? Any compliance with wokeism is unacceptable.
Yes, that is very funny.
Diversity people are in place to legally discriminate against whites.
...chided a “White” staffer for wearing her hair in a braid, accusing the woman of “cultural appropriation.”
As with everything in the ‘Liberal’ dictionary, words mean exactly opposite of what they traditionally mean.
Diversity = Discrimination.
“The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from from ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises in doublethink”
― George Orwell, 1984
“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
― George Orwell, 1984
This entire diversity thing is a joke. Really, those words are not strong enough. Every article you read about DIE is about failure. Anyone involved in DIE should evaluate the value they provide any organization. They don’t build a damn thing. There is nothing tangible from their so-called work. One of my primary guiding principles when I was working was “Am I building something substantial?” If I wasn’t, I moved on. These DIE people ain’t worth chit. They live a pathetic existence. They should just end it and DIE.
“...new Office of Equity (OOE)”
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Pronounced ewwwweee!
“Second handers”
“Investigators found Johnson micromanaged and made unreasonable requests to employees, ‘was disorganized and lacked adequate structure and process,’ ‘made inappropriate or insensitive comments to some staff members,’ and publicly criticized some workers.”
Sounds like a former St. Louis Circuit Attorney.
Is she even a biological woman?!
Well said.
OOOOOOOEEEEE!! SOOWEEEEE SOOOWEEE!!
Supposedly she was fired for being “hostile and incompetent” which is hilarious when her boss Dimslee is an idiot savant when it comes to being hostile and incompetent.
SHE has cultural appropriation with her WHITE hair.
BRAIDS are VIKING CULTURE and NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE !!!!!!!!!!!
When anti-anything activists come to power, they become pro-what they formerly despised. It’s about power.
DOCTUH Johnson.
Golly. Someone could be forgiven for believing she was pushed through her classes by professuhs who couldn’t stand her for the sake of “diversity” via “affirmative action.”
Here's a thought: many Mexican people ARE white, the descendants of Spanish settlers.
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