My company is lining up to mandate similar training. I see anything in there about a presumption of “white privilege” or any other racist BS and I will be filing a complaint with HR. Basically I will name who-ever put together the training, who-ever approved it, who-ever mandated that I take it. I will claim, not unreasonably, that their actions have created a hostile workplace environment. That I feel discriminated against. I won’t bother seeking monetary damages. I will ask for a written apology and that the training be removed and never return in any guise. I’ve already started an outline of my initial email to HR, because I know this is coming.
” I’ve already started an outline of my initial email to HR..”
Earth to ThunderSleeps: What department do you think keeps coming up with all this shit? It’s not called Inhuman Resources for nothing. And it’s filled with all the people you avoid, humorless and multiple points people.
I am employed by one of the 30 companies making up the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
In the past few years, I have been required to participate (and pass) various different online trainings on "sexual harassment at the workplace," "personal data protection," "diversity / racial discrimination," etc.
These have been 30-minute videos which I have been required to view online, interspersed with short multiple-choice quizzes. They were fully automated (no opportunity to raise one's hand and pose pointed questions). I was able to carry them out at my desk in my office, all alone, without any actual human monitoring my participation.
The quizzes themselves were not "offensive" or "intrusive." They were mostly factual questions that I was able to answer honestly, using commonsense.
The only "offensive" aspect was that, in the videos, all of the "perpetrators" and "bad guys" were White males, while all of the "heroes" and "heroines" were dark-complexioned, had noticeable accents, and/or female.
I'm no lawyer, but I think that it would be difficult to make a case for "harassment" or "discrimination" merely because of the lopsided racial make-up of the actors used in the video clips.
Regards,