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[quote=Anonymous][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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And if you are FORCED to read a book and take a test on the book that is the perogative of your employer. The employer might not want your racist a$$ in their workplace; their Black wife; the LGBTQIA CEO; the mixed raced coworker might not like your random snide comments and instead of firing you immediatly they give you grace and go "well he was raised in [insert hick state] so he might not know better. Let's up skill him like we do on a varierty of things like expense reports and sexual harassment training and then he can be a better person to be around."

When they find out you are complaining that you are learning to be a decent human being around people who don't look like you or aren't raised like you  you won't need to be complaining about your employer anymore, it will be your former employer.

You don't like that your kid can't call a kid a racist name and is being taught to be a decent human being.

[b]I have a lot of friends like you; they don't talk to their racist parents. So enjoy figuring out medicare by yourself.[/b][/quote]

NP. One reason I don’t like DEI is because of how appallingly and casually ageist its proponents are. [/quote]

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