Agree - All white people are racist...or ya fired...

[The Green Barbarian]

'I Was Asked To Agree to a "White People Are Racist" Contract at Work'

I used to be liberal. I still am in the sense that I'm a more classic liberal; I believe in free speech, due process, the Constitution and civil rights. But political liberalism seems to have passed me by and, in my opinion, evolved into a very ideological form of leftism. So now, I feel politically homeless. I don't really subscribe to either of the major political parties.

For many years, I was working as a lawyer in private practice, focusing on family law. I also have a degree in psychology and I have worked as a therapist. So, family law was a good way to make use of both of them, and I found it fulfilling to represent domestic violence victims. I even did pro bono hours in that area; one aspect I hated about private practice was when someone came in with an awful story, but they didn't have the money to pay for lawyers. That would always kill me.

When my current employer had an opening, I jumped at it because I wanted to represent domestic violence victims and not worry about who has the money to pay and who doesn't. I felt that it was a wonderful opportunity for me and I really like the work.

We are based in Philadelphia, and unfortunately, Philadelphia has a lot of problems with crime, with poverty, and with domestic violence. Most of our clients are our people of color, and when George Floyd was murdered in June of 2020, our workplace organized meetings about it; everyone was upset.

This evolved into having what was later referred to as diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) sessions, where we had affinity groups where staff were separated out into groups based on ethnicity, for example into a white group and a Black group. I was told that I had to attend a white affinity group meeting, but eventually, I was given permission to not attend, because I really didn't agree with being separated by race.

I also felt that, as a Jew, the last thing I wanted to do was to be separated by race. I didn't feel anything productive was going to come of that. And I felt it was very regressive. I felt that we didn't need to listen to one group over another and split ourselves off into groups, we needed to come together more and be more humanistic about it. To me, that was the only way we could address racism.

I found the approach of my organization to be very divisive and to be taking time away from our mission. I don't think it practically helped any domestic violence survivor. I also don't think it accomplished anything concrete at all. So it was a lot of wasted hours, which means wasted money. Because, of course, time is money in any organization or business.

I have always been adamantly opposed to racism. I joined the Racial Equity Committee at my job in 2020, but over time, I personally found the language used against white people to be very dehumanizing. I also discovered that there was to be a difference in stipends paid to members of the Racial Equity Audit Taskforce ("REAT"), where Black members of REAT would be paid more than their white counterparts. That seemed not only wrong, but illegal, a violation of US civil rights laws.

The argument was that we work with people of color, so we needed to think a certain way in order to adequately represent them. But I object to being told how to think by anyone. And the fact that you couldn't dissent from this ideology without being singled out was very concerning. And it was a big red flag for me.

At one point, I had requested that an article on anti-Semitism was included in the company's anti-racism resources, where they included information on Islamophobia and other prejudices experienced by minorities. My request was denied. I was told that the decision had been made a while back not to include this material.

SNIP

I've learned that it's worth it to stand up for your ideals, but that you will pay a price.

I think you're going to pay a bigger price if you don't do it, in terms of your integrity. And if you stand up, then it can help empower other people to stand up. I hope that I did it in a way that was as kind as I could. I know that of the people who disagree with me, most of them are doing it from a good place. Because they see a problem and they want to solve it. My problem is that I think that the cure I experienced is worsening the disease.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/i- ... 904aa7edf5

Couldn't agree more with that last sentence. We are seeing the Left introducing all kinds of "cures" to all kinds of "ailments" of society these days, and almost all of these cures are as bad or worse than the perceived "disease". Talk about being regressive, to the max.

[normaM]

guess she is learning about the bigger price
She is asking for donations to her Legal fund
strange non profit firm she was working for.. did they think the form would fly?

[The Green Barbarian]

strange non profit firm she was working for.. did they think the form would fly?

Of course they did. Because too many people are too afraid to speak up.