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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The "book" is basically

white people are always racist

black people can't be racist ever[/b][/quote]

Yep. That is the summary.

Which is a shame. In contrast my organization has had some short Virtual trainings that a corporate diversity trainer does and they are VERY well done. She is relatable, uses more neutral language (everyone needs to “X” vs just “White people need to...”). And definitely comes at it from a sense that seems to convey “hey we are all good faith and nice people here, but sometimes we do some hurtful things accidentally without realizing it. Let me tell you about what some of those are to help make it easier to avoid those unintended slip ups”. [/quote]

+2  The bolded is basically what my (black) son stated when he handed me (white mom) the book to read.  You don't really need to know any more than that.  Buy the book, open it a few times and bend some pages so it looks like you've read it, and then nod, nod, nod in meetings where the book is discussed.  Say as many mea culpas as appropriate.

I agree with another poster that the backlash from all of this is going to be intense.  Not just whites but Hispanics, Asians, Jewish, you name it.[/quote]

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