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[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]

Not sure where you work, but if you were anywhere near a large law firm in a couple of years ago, you were heavily pressured to read these books in the most uncritical possible way.  Speaking from experience, some of them even sent copies of the books to employees to read at home.[/quote]

+1.  I work at a Fortune 100 corporation, and we have been required to read books like this for team meetings starting in 2022.

I consider myself pretty open-minded and liberal, but some of these books were too much.  For example, in one of the books, the author takes great exception to people mis-pronouncing her name in the workplace.  She recommends that employees should insist that their co-workers pronounce their names properly, to fight against this micro-aggression.  (I am a 52-year-old white woman with blonde hair and blue eyes.  I have a difficult-to-pronounce name (both my first name and my last name).  I do not take it personally when people mis-pronounce my name, which happens about 70 percent of the time.  I find that, in the workplace, the best way to get ahead is to be low-drama, hard-working, and easy to get along with.)[/quote]

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