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Don't try to justify racism. The slides literally told employees to "be less white".
If that instruction was contextually intended to support non-white employees who felt like they had to "play white" in order to succeed, I think the advice is generally good ("be yourself"). If that was contextually directed primarily towards white employees, it's offensive and inherently racist. I didn't (and now can't) see the context, but context matters. "White before black" is offensive/racist in many contexts,…
That's far from obvious to me. Implicitly equating success with "acting white" is just as toxic as stereotyping all white people as arrogant, ignorant and defensive. These attitudes are the opposite of genuine inclusiveness.
As an international entrepreneur, I am delighted that large US companies spend their time and attention on inconsequential and toxic identity politics. More opportunities for us to exploit their weakness, create real value and shape the future And it goes without saying that the future we create and control will have no place for this drivel
EDIT: to the down voters - this is a serious question. First we need to know what DiAngelo means with being white.
The statement 'be less white' implies that all white learners of her course exhibit some negative traits.
What are those negative aspects?
How else can you change if you don't know what you're doing wrong in her eyes?
Keep in mind the racist content wasn’t from Coca Cola (as the headline implies) but rather a LinkedIn Learning contributor based on the work of Robin DiAngelo. All material based on Robin DiAngelo’s work has since been removed from LinkedIn learning: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eu4u1VUWgAENWKd?format=jpg
It's worth noting that this sort of racially divisive workplace training has been made the subject of a recent executive order, banning it for all federal contractors. So this might be a good move from LinkedIn.
Biden reversed the ban. Hating whites is back on the menu, boys!
There's the well-meaning disciples, and then there's the predatory charlatans like DiAngelo and Kendi just profiting off human misery.
I suspect Coca-Cola is just distributing whatever criminally priced propaganda they picked up from the charlatans.
> To be less white is to:
>
> - be less oppressive
> - be less arrogant
> - be less certain
> - be less defensive
> - be less ignorant
> - be more humble
> - listen
> - believe
> - break with apathy
> - break with white solidarity
Basically associating everything negative with being white. If this is not racism, I don't know what is.
Anyone saying this isn't racist is blinded to reality
The quote in the title of the article is really an inappropriate way to try to describe inclusiveness. It’s not about being less, it’s about including others more.