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'You are the problem': AT&T tells white staff they are racist, asks them to confess their 'white privilege' and to promote 'Defund the Police as part of re-education program by CEO John Stankey
Daily Mail ^ | 10/29/2021 | Harriet Alexander

Posted on 10/28/2021 11:46:33 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom

White employees of AT&T have been told to read an article saying that they are racist, are told to confess to their 'white privilege' and acknowledge 'systemic racism,' and must engage with set texts or else they will be penalized in their performance reviews.

AT&T, in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder, introduced an internal program called Listen Understand Act.

John Stankey, the CEO of AT&T, wrote to the company's 230,000 employees in an April 2021 email, obtained by journalist Christopher Rufo and published on his website.

Stankey, who took over as CEO in July 2020, urged his workers to make the most of the resources provided by AT&T's anti-racism portal.

'As individuals, we can make a difference by doing our part to advance racial equity and justice for all,' he wrote.

'If you are looking for tools to better educate and inform yourself on racial equality, resources are available at Listen. Understand. Act.

'We also encourage you to actively participate in our recently launched Equality First learning experience, a new initiative to increase awareness and action around our value to Stand for Equality.'

Most employees are not forced to engage with the Listen Understand Act program, but managers at AT&T are now assessed annually on diversity issues - with mandatory participation in programs such as discussion groups, book clubs, mentorship programs, and race reeducation exercises, according to Rufo's source.

The source told Rufo that employees are asked to sign a loyalty pledge to 'keep pushing for change.'

They are encouraged to sign up to 'intentions' such as 'reading more about systemic racism' and 'challenging others' language that is hateful.'

The source, described as a senior employee, said: 'If you don't do it, you're a racist.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Bell Labs was once a wonderland for geeks.

It would have been sweet to have been at Bell when Claude Shannon worked there....


21 posted on 10/29/2021 1:12:19 AM PDT by Bobalu (Figure out what you like, learn enough to be dangerous, and then start fiddling around)
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To: Singermom

That should be the m.o. to address all these SJW types. Put your activism where your mouth is. Resign today.


22 posted on 10/29/2021 1:14:26 AM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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To: frnewsjunkie

Never before in the field of human relations have so few been maligned by so many for so little reason...


23 posted on 10/29/2021 1:18:00 AM PDT by Bobalu (Figure out what you like, learn enough to be dangerous, and then start fiddling around)
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To: Angelino97

Buy stock en masse with others and vote out the board and CEO…
That is how the other side has taken over corporate boards.


24 posted on 10/29/2021 1:18:18 AM PDT by antceecee
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To: Angelino97

You patronize other cell carriers. They all use the same towers, for the same cost.


25 posted on 10/29/2021 1:24:51 AM PDT by Jonty30 (My superpower is setting people up for failure, without meaning to. )
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

That happened back in 1985 in Murray Hill?


26 posted on 10/29/2021 1:33:18 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Angelino97

“So what do we do? Boycott AT&T? In some areas, they’re the only service provider for landlines.”

We buy Magicjack and use that for our landline. $35/year.

I plug mine into a UPS along with my ISP modem so I have the landline phone when the power goes out. Cellular lines can clogg up during power outages.

BL: If you have an internet landline you have a phone landline. It just needs to be setup by using an independent Voice over IP (VOIP) service provider -like MagicJack.

https://www.magicjack.com/account/mjLandingpages.do?page=index


27 posted on 10/29/2021 2:18:38 AM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

They need t be taught a lesson all of them, we the people have to do it, stop patronizing


28 posted on 10/29/2021 2:22:48 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: nickcarraway
That happened back in 1985 in Murray Hill?

North Andover, MA.

29 posted on 10/29/2021 2:29:24 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

This one creepy dude. He looks like a pervert.


30 posted on 10/29/2021 2:30:36 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: antceecee; Angelino97
Buy stock en masse with others and vote out the board and CEO… That is how the other side has taken over corporate boards

AT&T was having a lot of problems with the Communications Workers of America. At the time the CWA was either the largest or second largest union in America. The CWA decided a good strategy would be to have all of the union members vote their shares in order to get a CWA member on the board. They did an analysis and found out that if 100% of the members voted 100% of their shares it wouldn't even come close to having an impact on the election. The board controlled everything and nobody was going anywhere unless they rubberstamped it.

31 posted on 10/29/2021 2:36:29 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I dropped AT&T as my cell phone provider in January as part of my broader drive to deplatform my enemies from my wallet.

I will not return. Ever.


32 posted on 10/29/2021 2:44:00 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Herakles

white liberals don’t give their jobs to minorities for the same reason they have multiple houses that use tons of energy and fly on private airplanes. “Some animals are more equal than others.”


33 posted on 10/29/2021 3:19:44 AM PDT by Josa
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To: Maudeen
The Book of Revelation is easier to understand than what is going on in our country!
34 posted on 10/29/2021 3:23:05 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Definitely happy that I moved to Patriot mobile and away from at&t.

Leftist democrat taliban party racists like the at&t ceo are everywhere, folks. Treat them as the scum they are.


35 posted on 10/29/2021 3:36:28 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Time for a civil rights lawsuit about creating a hostile work environment. Fight back!


36 posted on 10/29/2021 3:41:27 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Some CEOs remain stuck in a year 2020 mentality. They remain locked into debasement of their own race, of the very culture they grew up with that made them succeed. They continue to worship and throw money at BLM talkers, people who openly despise them.
Sick and self defeating.


37 posted on 10/29/2021 3:49:59 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Sounds like the birth of a billion lawsuits. To the AT&T cheese-brained jackwagon: “Have fun, asshole.”


38 posted on 10/29/2021 4:10:12 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
Management at AT&T is calling their white employees racist to lower their expectations of compensation because of the $160B in debt that AT&T is carrying due to poor decisions on the part of management.
39 posted on 10/29/2021 4:32:59 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
White employees of AT&T have been told to read an article saying that they are racist,

No, thank you.

are told to confess to their 'white privilege'

No, thank you.

and acknowledge 'systemic racism,'

No, thank you.

and must engage with set texts

No, thank you.

or else they will be penalized in their performance reviews.

I quit.

40 posted on 10/29/2021 4:37:36 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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