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Post 12/27/2023 17:07     Subject: MoCo County Council executive director posting - how much racial equity and social justice is the right amount?

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Anonymous wrote:I saw this job post and the emphasis on the importance of a social justice and racial equity background seemed unusual for a position like this. It was wild for a job which features a requirement to have a “politically neutral perspective” to also require infusing all of the council’s work with racial justice principles. As someone who reads a lot of postings from social justice orgs, it feels right in line with those and really unusual for a government position. An interesting read.

https://leaderfit.catsone.com/careers/20424-General/jobs/16348389-Executive-Director-Montgomery-County-Council?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=idealist


"The County Council of Montgomery County, Maryland is seeking a highly skilled leader of people, organizations, and systems to serve as its next Executive Director. Top candidates must be exceptional communicators and relationship builders, grounded in deep emotional intelligence. They will bring demonstrated experience leading talented and diverse teams, managing large and complex budgets, and advancing racial equity and social justice. They will have a proven ability to lead by example with humility, transparency, and the highest ethical standards. Experience in Montgomery County or county government is not required, however an eagerness and capacity to learn quickly is necessary to thrive in our dynamic work environment."

If you object to this, that says a lot about you.
Racial equity requires racial discrimination. If you support this, that says a lot about you.


The way the county is doing racial equity is pretty ridiculous. There are programs out there that will help people of color, but because they benefit white people more, they are classified as having a negative impact on racial equity.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OLO/Resources/Files/resjis/2023/Bill1-23.pdf
Here's the thing that no one is allowed to say. Until popular black culture starts adhering to traditional western enlightenment values, black people (as a whole) will not advance. Unfortunately, critical race theorists like Ibram Kendi are determined to doom black people to their current circumstances with their insane but fashionable takes like "trying to change black people so they value whiteness is racism." On its face that might make sense until one realizes that "whiteness' is simply western enlightenment values.


Exactly. The Enlightenment is itself racist. That's why we need to decenter Enlightenment values and return to the time before that. You know, the Dark Ages.
I'm just quoting the NMAAHC.
https://images.app.goo.gl/YTmWRTtdK4JXW89g8


I hope this doesn't make me sound too white but that is the stupidest thing I have ever seen... and the contempt dripping from it is nearly palpable.

Melanin is not a moral virtue. It's genetics. Training a bunch of people to dislike another bunch of people isnt better when you do it because your dad was a wealthy Nigerian.
After some debate, the NMAACH eventually agreed with you and took it down. But it shows the sentiment in progressive circles. It also shows exactly which values critical race theorists would go after if they were to gain power. Imagine a society run without the values on this chart.


Except they wouldn't. I guarantee this chart was created by someone who went to private school and grew up in an UMC household that exemplified every single "white" value mentioned here. There's just as much contempt for the black people who supposedly don't believe in these things as there is for the white people and their bland-ass food.

(Really? Bland food? For some reason that one gets me.)