[pepsi_junkie]

I had to do mandatory diversity training today - again - and the thrust was that just having a diverse team isn't enough. We need to make people feel super duper welcomed and safe to do/say anything and we could do that by sharing all of our personal stories. I fought really, really hard to not say 'as a white male I do not feel welcomed and safe to say anything about myself besides name, rank, and serial number. If I said, god forbid, All lives matter or MAGA someone here would make it their mission in life to destroy me.'

Instead I said nothing and hoped nobody forced the issue by asking me to join the discussion. These things are immensely uncomfortable for a portion of the population and businesses know that, they just don't care. In fact, they keep making them worse and worse. It's only a matter of time before they force us to kiss a gay pride flag and swear fealty to BLM or explain to all our coworkers why we won't and let them decide our fates.

[rktman]

Feel bad for ya. I’ve been retired since 2011 and I still remember the useless yearly diversity crap we were required to attend. Probably went on for 10 or 11 of the last years before I bailed out. As usual there were a couple of folks who found it beneficial(?) but the majority, not so much. Must be worse now. Always had to be careful about comments made that could be overheard. Even if they were meaningless to you and who you were conversing with.

[frank ballenger]

I went through that at a university before I retired.

You have to walk past a gauntlet of PC watchers all day.
I never got a privilege that would make it up to me for what I (and you) go through.