Posted on 08/09/2024 11:44:44 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Joshua Young, a corrections officer in the Colorado prison system, was shocked by the lessons of the anti-bias training session he was required to attend in March 2021. With its references of “White supremacy,” “White exceptionalism” and “White fragility,” the training sent a clear and disturbing message to his mind: All White people are racist.
“I thought the training was potentially harmful to our staff relationships, relationships between staff and offenders, and undermined us in so many ways,” Young, 47, said in an interview. “It told us basically that … we were unable to treat people fairly just because of the way they look.”
So Young sued, becoming one of more than a half-dozen White plaintiffs alleging workplace bias trainings tread on their civil rights. The cases are part of a broader legal and political backlash that has targeted an array of DEI programs, from corporate fellowships to state and federal programs aimed at ensuring that women and racial minorities have access to jobs, government contracts and other benefits.
As the legal battle intensifies, DEI training is coming under special scrutiny, with at least seven court cases pending nationwide alleging that it constitutes workplace discrimination. Some practitioners have responded by voluntarily dialing down aspects of their “anti-racist” curriculums — increasingly in demand since the murder of George Floyd in 2020 — which critics say go beyond traditional efforts to awaken White people to their inherent biases and instead paint them as inherently racist.
In his lawsuit, for example, Young claimed mandatory anti-racism training in the Colorado prison system fomented a “hostile” workplace for White employees. Though the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit dismissed the suit, a three-judge panel found the training “troubling on many levels,” saying its “ideological messaging” and “race-based...
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Re-assination of MLK Jr.
The remarkable thing is how long it’s taken to create any counter movement against DIE.
Yes. It’s a violation of Federal workplace law.
White men especially. BUT hey. Just ask how relieved the passengers on the Titan submersible are that no boring old white male engineers worked on the project...
Oh wait...
Racism is what you call DIE programs. Exclusion of white people.
the answer is kinda built into the question.
Yes, next.
Live free or DEI hard.
“Does DEI training discriminate against White people? Courts will decide.”
No, it discriminates against smart, talented people of any or no color.
I do have many privileges in life but they are not because I am white, they are because my ancestors fought died, and did without so that their children and grandchildren could have more than they did.
Anyone who has similar ancestors has similar privileges
At my former company, they kept telling me I had to sign up for an entire day of online DEI training. I kept putting them off, mostly because I was too overloaded to spend a day on bull hockey. One time I accepted the invitation just to cancel it later. I put it off for 8 months, and strangely, there was no follow-up; it was the one training they didn't email to tell me I was late on it. Ultimately, I quit that job, so have no idea how long they would have let that stay dormant.
They are arresting people in the UK for social media post.
Of course it discriminates against white people... That’s the whole idea behind it.
Great, now what do I do? Since I was told I am a Racist and toxic to non white people, I have sworn off all contact with non white people I wasn’t already friends with to make sure none of my inherent racism of working 80 hours a week, taking care of my family, and maintaining a house to live in, would accidentally rub off on some minority yute. SO now what do I do?
It is anti-white hate.
“Discrimination” is besides the point.
DEI just another part the socialist free ride program to lazy and to stupid to learn no problem we have a program for everything comrade.
“Yes. It’s a violation of Federal workplace law.”
In 1992, as part of the post Cold War drawdown, the Air Force held a Reduction in Force (RIF) board. This was essentially a layoff. About 5000 or so officers were kicked out by a selection board held under the same rules and legal requirements as a promotion board. Officers with a regular commission were exempt by law and pilots were exempt by policy. As part of the preparation for any such board, the Service Secretary prepares a letter of instructions to the board. In this case, the instructions included a “reminder” that many women and minorities did not have the same opportunity to build a competitive record and the board members should take that into account when judging everyone.
A couple of years later, one individual sued the government claiming his civil rights violated by those instructions as they created a privileged class in violation of the 14th amendment’s equal protection clause and were unconstitutional, not just a violation of federal law.
At the initial trial, the federal court ruled in favor of the government but the appeals court quickly revered that decision and ordered the original federal court to determine compensation for those separated from the service by the board.
I understand there are several other court decisions regarding military promotions and other personnel decisions that courts decided along the same lines but I don’t know any details.
In short, under the constitution, the government simply cannot discriminate and cannot force any private organization to discriminate as well.
I should also mention the government did not appeal the appeals court decision and therefore admitted they had violated the constitutional rights of everyone involuntarily separated by the board.
“which critics say go beyond traditional efforts to awaken White people to their inherent biases…”
No bias there.
Nope.
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