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“White People, You Are the Problem”
city-journal.org ^ | October 28, 2021 | Christopher F. Rufo

Posted on 11/01/2021 8:25:31 PM PDT by bitt

AT&T Corporation has created a racial reeducation program that promotes the idea that “American racism is a uniquely white trait” and boosts left-wing causes such as “reparations,” “defund police,” and “trans activism.”

I have obtained a cache of internal documents about the company’s initiative, called Listen Understand Act, which is based on the core principles of critical race theory, including “intersectionality,” “systemic racism,” “white privilege,” and “white fragility.” CEO John Stankey launched the program last year and, subsequently, has told employees that private corporations such as AT&T have an “obligation to engage on this issue of racial injustice” and push for “systemic reforms in police departments across the country.”

According to a senior employee, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity, 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. White employees, the source said, are tacitly expected to confess their complicity in “white privilege” and “systemic racism,” or they will be penalized in their performance reviews. As part of the overall initiative, employees are asked to sign a loyalty pledge to “keep pushing for change,” with suggested “intentions” such as “reading more about systemic racism” and “challenging others’ language that is hateful.” “If you don’t do it,” the senior employee says, “you’re [considered] a racist.” AT&T did not respond when asked for comment.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: att; blackkk; criticalracetheory; crt; diversity; race; racism; systemicracism; whitepeople
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Eddie! He was a bit before my time, but I have heard of him.


21 posted on 11/01/2021 9:16:20 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: EEGator

If only Gibbs could have been there...

22 posted on 11/01/2021 9:16:41 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: bitt

Thoughts:

1) If I’m a ‘problem’ to people this devoid of logic or morals, I must be doing something right. They deserve all the problems they can get.

2) You DO realize, I hope, that if you piss off all the intelligent people (not whites specifically, just anybody with a brain) to the point they quit, you’re up Obama Creek? You can hang out and be diverse all you want, but if everyone that knows how to do stuff is gone your company is going down the crapper. You can’t defy reality with slogans and politics.


23 posted on 11/01/2021 9:22:51 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Still Thinking
"You DO realize, I hope, that if you piss off all the intelligent people (not whites specifically, just anybody with a brain) to the point they quit, you’re up Obama Creek?"

WHEN do you think they'll figure that out? 🤔

24 posted on 11/01/2021 9:28:49 PM PDT by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
You nailed it. Hit it out of the park!

25 posted on 11/01/2021 9:30:03 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: bitt

All non-white people who believe white people are the problem should get a free one-way ticket to the land of their heritage to never be seen in America again and good riddance. The sooner the better. I’d say 14 days should be enough time.


26 posted on 11/01/2021 9:41:35 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is a mental illness wrapped in a perverse ideology resulting in insanity. FJB)
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To: bitt

Losers always need a scapegoat to blame for their failures.


27 posted on 11/01/2021 9:46:26 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Kevmo

If I was in that meeting, my first statement would be... “tell me all about all your problems you 300 pound fat f—k.


28 posted on 11/01/2021 10:12:19 PM PDT by Lockbar (Vlad the Impailer had all the answers.)
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To: Singermom

I wonder what the minorities within leadership think ?

https://investors.att.com/corporate-governance/leadership

The board of directors chair is black, the rest are mostly white.

https://investors.att.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors


29 posted on 11/01/2021 10:26:03 PM PDT by stylin19a (when in doubt...empty the magazine)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

DOH !


30 posted on 11/01/2021 10:29:06 PM PDT by stylin19a (when in doubt...empty the magazine)
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To: Regulator

E Gads! A white woman! And what is Pauli looking at?


31 posted on 11/01/2021 10:36:13 PM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: bitt

Will whites stand up for themselves?


32 posted on 11/01/2021 10:36:37 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

No.


33 posted on 11/01/2021 10:39:03 PM PDT by sport
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To: ConservativeStatement

so true!!!!!


34 posted on 11/01/2021 11:06:54 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: DennisR

Barbecue watermelon
Cadilac car
We’re not as dumb
As you think we is!


35 posted on 11/01/2021 11:13:24 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Lockbar
If I was in that meeting, my first statement would be... “tell me all about all your problems you 300 pound fat f—k.

I had a similar reaction. How can anyone dress like that and be taken seriously? So unprofessional.

Of course, I'm sure she would tell me that my reaction to her "outfit" was part of my "white privilege".

36 posted on 11/01/2021 11:31:59 PM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: bitt

If you think it’s bad now, just wait until you GIVE power to non-whites


37 posted on 11/01/2021 11:58:37 PM PDT by lewislynn (Fox news: the most irrelevant after the fact useless news source...Fake news? try NO news)
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To: urbanpovertylawcenter

What is Pauli looking at?

No point in asking Heisenberg beside him, he’s uncertain.


38 posted on 11/02/2021 12:57:01 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (a cloud has fallen over the lands of the free )
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To: bitt

Just pulled the plug on ATT yesterday.


39 posted on 11/02/2021 1:50:05 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (Traitor Joe is NOT my president)
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To: stylin19a

And minorities always vote for the old white guy. Then they say they hate whites. Well then, STOP voting them into office.


40 posted on 11/02/2021 2:40:50 AM PDT by Singermom
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