While working for a large company back in the 80s, I was forced to attend a racial sensitivity training session. I was made to feel like a bad guy for objecting to affirmative action. Minorities were being promoted over me and AA stalled my career.
This type of corporate brain washing is nothing new. Conservatives will put their heads down and persist. In my case, I became an individual contributor with valuable technical skills so I never had to conform to the office’s liberal ideology to keep my job.
You and I had the exact same career progression.