This Professor Resigned Rather Than Go to Diversity Training

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[Sub-Driver]

Hero!

[deadrock]

Says:

On behalf of the Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee, I strongly urge you to participate in the Racial Equity Institute Phase I Training planned for March 4 and 5. We have secured funding from the Provost to provide this training free to our community and we hope that this will be a first step in a longer process of working to ensure that DDS is an institution that is both equitable and anti-racist in its practices and culture. … We recognize that it is a significant commitment of time; we also believe it will have great dividends for our community. … Duke Divinity School will host a Racial Equity Institute Phase I Training on March 4 and 5, 2017, 8:30—5 pm both days. Participants should plan to attend both full days of training(sic).

[Steve_Seattle]

This was “Phase 1.” Phases 2 and 3 would no doubt move on to “white privilege,” and then veer off into LGBTQ rights and “Islamophobia.” This is in attempt to purge traditional Christians - and any conservatives - from academia.

[I want the USA back]

Unacceptable. He should have not gone, and then sued their a$$es off when they fired him. There is no freedom in this country.

[generally]

Whenever possible, we should all refuse to go to diversity training. It is an insult to my intelligence and a waste of company time and money.

I know some people can’t afford to risk their jobs, but those who can and/or have enough power should refuse to attend. Or maybe bring along some counter-training information, like hard facts on who commits the most crimes, who pays the bills and who lives off the bill-payers, etc.

[DIRTYSECRET]

He should have gone. Every day your employer dares you to quit your job. Doesn’t mean he has to buy into it or not challenge what’s taught.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

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[DoughtyOne]

Win/Win for the Left.

[Altura Ct.]

Good for him! We all need to push back on this crap.

[TChad]

Duke seems like a sewer of political correctness.

[Himyar]

I walked out of one of these meetings declaring “I see no value to this as the Celtic-American’s needs and issues are not going to be discussed”. My boss about died. He was used to my unfiltered opinions but he never dreamed I’d say something like that to a black outside consultant. Nothing happened to me. Keeping people wondering about how tightly wrapped you are is a wonderful thing!

[Rusty0604]

I disagree. I would have quit too. He now has his dignity and principles.

[TXBlair]

Oh, you “strongly urge” me to attend?

Pass.

[Luke21]

If he challenged it, he would be in the same situation.

[TChad]

Once this blows over, Duke’s faculty can go back to falsely accusing male students of rape.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Unless you work for a private company, almost all corporations buy into this trash and you’re stuck going.

[Chode]

surprised it wasn't strenuously urge you to go...

[rockrr]

But you are not Elaine Heath, dean of the Duke Divinity School. She shot off her own mass e-mail to the faculty that very evening:

I believe that I found the root of the problem.

[mulligan]

Duke has become a third rate institution. Sad.