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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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1 posted on 11/01/2021 8:25:31 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 11/01/2021 8:25:43 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: bitt

https://www.city-journal.org/christopher-rufo-on-woke-capital

Rufo writes more:

Walmart vs. Whiteness
The company’s new training program tells hourly employees that they are guilty of “internalized racial superiority.” October 14, 2021

True Privilege
CVS launches a program that forces hourly employees to discuss their “privilege.” September 22, 2021

Don’t Be Evil
A Google employee program claims that America is a “system of white supremacy” and that all Americans are “raised to be racist.” September 8, 2021


3 posted on 11/01/2021 8:27:07 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: bitt

Dear non whites,

There are no white run countries in Africa. Bye.

Love,
The people who invented almost everything useful


4 posted on 11/01/2021 8:29:20 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: bitt

Will the last white person in a TV ad please turn out the lights.


5 posted on 11/01/2021 8:31:15 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: bitt

If you have AT&T, you should drop them like a rock!


6 posted on 11/01/2021 8:31:26 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: bitt
And you people (some of you) thought Obama and ValJar were not keeping busy. They are moving full speed ahead while our side twiddles their thumbs.
7 posted on 11/01/2021 8:32:39 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason
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To: bitt

bookmark


8 posted on 11/01/2021 8:32:55 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: bitt

Crime rates all over the world say otherwise.


9 posted on 11/01/2021 8:33:39 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: bitt

I retired in March, from a large Aerospace company after 39 years as I saw this crap seeping in. I always told my manager that I don’t want diversity, I want smart people who work hard (that’s what most all engineers want..) and diversity will take care of itself. I think I got out just in time....


10 posted on 11/01/2021 8:44:18 PM PDT by TMD (Behind Enemy Lines (SF bay area)....)
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To: bitt

Title only: Yeah...you’re going to think we’re the problem alright. Come onto my property, inject yourself into my life, my world, my daily affairs and you will see what a problem I am/will become.


11 posted on 11/01/2021 8:44:34 PM PDT by LibertyWoman (Guard with jealous attention the public Liberty. Patrick Henry)
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Dear Woke Companies:

You - not we “white” people - are the problem. You are suffering from Chronic Perceived Racism Syndrome. If you pray sincerely, God will open your eyes and heal you. You will be brought out of your darkness into God’s light. Until then, YOU are the problem.


12 posted on 11/01/2021 8:47:32 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: bitt

Is AT&T in Africa?


13 posted on 11/01/2021 8:54:22 PM PDT by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.)
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To: bitt

BTTT


14 posted on 11/01/2021 8:55:41 PM PDT by nopardons
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The CEO is white. He should lead by example and step down. Give his position to a minority. Then he can talk about getting rid of other whites in the company. Funny how these executives are will to fire all whites under them but THEY would never step down. Hypocrites.


15 posted on 11/01/2021 8:57:10 PM PDT by Singermom
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To: bitt

Stankey is a white man, and therefore a racist. If he really wants to be part of the solution, he should quit his multi-million dollar job, give his wealth to a reparations fund, and spend the rest of his life in sackcloth and ashes. He has benefitted much, much from being a white man in a racist system than most of the rest of us have and needs to pay proportionally. Until he does, he’s all talk, and who needs more empty words from a white man?

Let’s go, Stankey!


16 posted on 11/01/2021 8:58:51 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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This is all based on the 1619 project written by some racist woman who also got NY TIMES support. Y’all should check out the book “1620”...it explains it all. National Association of Scholars has done yeoman work trying to expose this. Obviously the NY Times have gotten this propaganda into corporate boardrooms.


17 posted on 11/01/2021 9:02:02 PM PDT by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.)
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18 posted on 11/01/2021 9:04:01 PM PDT by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
#16: "Let’s go, Stankey!"


19 posted on 11/01/2021 9:05:25 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: Tommy Revolts

The problem is they all suck.

TMobile doesn’t work out here. That leaves Verizon.


20 posted on 11/01/2021 9:05:26 PM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said theintjey did story was false!)
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