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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is really things like affinity groups, race essentialism, the white guilt complex and a skewed approach to history/social studies that make parents unhappy.

You need to take into account that many of us have now had a lot of experience with DEI programs at work, and that, as residents of DC, we have seen what some of the policy ideas mean for day-to-day life.  I [b]know a lot of workplaces all but required people to read books like White Fragility or Kendi books at some point.  [/b]Those things haven’t left a positive impression, in many cases.[/quote]

That's probably not true. I am familiar with a lot of places in this city and I haven't heard off anything like that. I know that there are parents here that would believe that. I have no idea why that is. [/quote]

My workplace absolutely [b]circulated a recommended reading list [/b]as part of some dumb pronouncement on a police shooting (one that was actually justified, not George Floyd) with Kendi books on it[/quote]

So, if this is true, the mere reading list upset you? Nobody told you that you had to read the books. It's was just suggested and that bothered you.

That's not healthy behavior, and I'm not understanding why others aren't seeing it.

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It’s not healthy to not want my employer to make friendly suggestions about what my political beliefs or moral positions should be? No, I think that’s perfectly normal, especially when the ONLY topic they “recommend” I educate myself on, with what I consider to be horribly reasoned and morally bankrupt books, is race relations. I’m sure you wouldn’t take kindly to your boss “recommending” you read some evangelical Christian book on traditional values, in connection with, say, the Dobbs decision. [/quote]

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