They started with examples that were obviously either racist or sexist. Then they would ask about innocuous statements such as "You look great today!", or "I really like your new hairstyle." When we at first didn't find these statements particularly harassing or offensive, the trainer made sure to harangue us about how wrong we really were. We're all pigs and scum, apparently, and we'd better watch every word that comes out of our mouths.
Oh, and each and every manager had to post a giant poster with a pink triangle that read “SAFE SPACE”. When I questioned who and from what exactly needed to be saved, I was stared down with daggers.
I listened to Air America and it seemed like every word was the “F-Word” and hate for Bush was the central theme. The liberals believe and operate on the assumption that it is there job, to point out others’ faults and point the finger at why the country is so currently screwed up at “whitey”.
The term I hear bandied about is “unintentionally racism”. So your speech is not racist on purpose, but you acting out of ignorance and insensitive to people of color. So if they get you to shut up completely they have achieved their major goal.
It is amazing how many people just shut up after training. I just read that test market advertising won’t get blacks and whites in the same group because a white won’t ever disagree with a black — on the taste of Coke for example.