American Express is now forcing their employees to train in Critical Race Theory.

In an effort to be woker than woke, the giant corporation has employed a radical CRT trainer who tells white workers that the following phrases are racist microaggressions :

1. We are ALL human.
2. If you work really hard, you can succeed in life.
3. I don't see color.

White workers are forced to call themselves Oppressors. Workers of color are forced to call themselves the Oppressed. If anyone refuses, they are called racists.

Amex may have second thoughts, however, about their highly paid trainer's suggestion that they donate 50% of their profits to fund "social justice" programs.

Chris Rufo, of the Manhattan Institute, plans to expose nine more giant corporations who have forced similar horrifying trainings on their workers.

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SupportVectorMachine · 36-40, M

Most of this isn't true. From what I can gather the truth is actually that they are doing racial sensitivity training at the corporate level. This is something a lot of companies do, it is very helpful.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@SupportVectorMachine What leads you to that conclusion? I found an article on the subject in question and AMEX didn't deny this happened.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/amex-crt-training-urged-staff-to-adopt-a-hierarchy-putting-marginalized-above-privileged

4meAndyou · F

@SupportVectorMachine I have participated in "Sensitivity Training" at two major corporations. None of it was like this. And we did discuss race...in a good way. Not like this.

If you delude yourself into believing that dividing this country by race is in any way helpful, I feel very sorry for you.

SupportVectorMachine · 36-40, M

@SumKindaMunster That's the article I read too. It editorialized quite a bit as Fox often does but the shock is unwarranted. Figuring out intersectionality and bias so you can attempt to remove it is quite literally just good management training.

SupportVectorMachine · 36-40, M

@4meAndyou How does one discuss race "in a good way" at the corporate level?

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@SupportVectorMachine Really? From the article:

American Express subjected its employees to a series of critical race theory training sessions that encouraged staff to rank themselves on a hierarchy of "privilege" and apply that hierarchy in the workplace, with the more "privileged" employees deferring to staff from "marginalized groups."

In the trainings, the outside consulting firm Paradigm urged Amex employees to construct their own intersectional identities, mapping their "race, sexual orientation, body type, religion, disability status, age, gender identity [and] citizenship" on an official company worksheet. Employees could then determine whether they have "privilege" or are members of a "marginalized group." Whites, males, heterosexual people, Christians, able-bodied people, and citizens would presumably count as "privileged."

In another session, consultants instructed employees to change their behavior in the office based on their relative position on the intersectional hierarchy. According to Rufo, the session included "a blue flowchart with specific rules for interacting with black, female and LGBT employees: If members of a subordinate group are present, workers should practice ‘intersectional allyship’ and defer to them before speaking."

Rufo cited another handout, which instructed white employees to "identify the privileges or advantages you have"; not to "speak over members of the black and African-American community"; and to analyze their speech and actions based on their impact on others, not their intent: "It’s not about your intent, it’s about the impact you have on your colleague."

The training sessions also warned white employees to avoid certain phrases as "microaggressions." Forbidden phrases include: "I don't see color"; "We are all human beings"; and "Everyone can succeed in this society if they work hard enough."

Racism, CRT buzz words, banned words, and deferring to other races and genders on principle?

You ok with this?

4meAndyou · F

@SupportVectorMachine The ABSENCE of toxic things like calling people OPPRESSORS, and calling people RACIST, and telling people there are simple and GOOD sentences that are racist microaggressions, thereby limiting their free speech...makes it GOOD.

SupportVectorMachine · 36-40, M

@SumKindaMunster Like I said, I read the article and much of that is inflamed or editorialized to sound like something other than standard management and corporate race training. Which it is.

SupportVectorMachine · 36-40, M

@4meAndyou I'm afraid you don't get to determine what another group sees as a microaggression. Your problems with this boil down to ignorance and a lack of nuanced thought. Even @SumKindaMunster is considering the article rationally and hopefully identifying the media bias in words like subjected employees to and CRT when in reality it is just listening to groups who are traditionally marginalized instead of talking over them. The benefit of which is that the entire company can provide ideas effectively hence why Amex wants this because they can become more efficient and profitable.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@SupportVectorMachine So you didn't actually answer my question. I quoted specific paragraphs from the article and pointed out why I find them problematic, they push unproven ideas, they divide people based on the very traits they are supposedly trying to resolve, they label people in an attempt to get rid of other labels, and they ban words and phrases.

Are you ok with these things?

SupportVectorMachine · 36-40, M

@SumKindaMunster Yes. Because the ideas are not unproven or they would not use them. Corporations are there to make money. You cannot resolve things like race or gender you have to constantly fight implicit biases in speech and thought. If you do you will be more efficient and make the company more money.

Certain words and phrases are not conducive to the making of money and so they are removed from the lexicon. Amex wants to make more money. That's why they do this because they will become more profitable.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@SupportVectorMachine Ok. Well if you find yourself marginalized because of something intrinsic about you that you have no control over, I hope you remember your comments here.

Console yourself with the fact that whatever happened, its ok, because some corporation was looking at the bottom line and that is what matters.

4meAndyou · F

@SumKindaMunster He will not be able to reply, because I have blocked his idiotic rear end. He honestly believes this is GOOD, and that these concepts have been proven...what a chooch. He should stick to math.