Is the Anti-Racism Training Industry Just Peddling White Supremacy?

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A new profile of anti-racism trainers like Robin DiAngelo reveals a business model spreading kooky, harmful, and outright racist ideas. jonathanchait writes

Robin DiAngelo. Photo: General Commission on Religion and Race of The UMC There’s an old syllogism used to describe desperate politicians: We must do something; This is something; We must do this. In the wake of mass national demonstrations that followed George Floyd’s murder, many white people — including leaders of businesses, schools, and nonprofit organizations — have grasped for some concrete step they can take to redress systemic racism.

One of DiAngelo’s favorite examples is instructive. She uses the famous story of Jackie Robinson. Rather than say “he broke through the color line,” she instructs people instead to describe him as “Jackie Robinson, the first Black man whites allowed to play major-league baseball.” Of course, DiAngelo’s whites-only groups are not dreamed up in the same spirit the same as David Duke’s. The problem is that, at some point, the extremes begin to functionally resemble each other despite their mutual antipathy.

Photo: NMAAHC “White” values include things like “objective, rational thinking,” “cause and effect relationships,” “hard work is the key to success,” “plan for the future,” and “delayed gratification.” The source for this chart is another, less-artistic chart written by Judith Katz in 1990. Katz has a doctorate in education and moved into the corporate consulting world in 1985, where, according to her résumé, she has “led many transformational change initiatives.

 

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jonathanchait Gibberish.

jonathanchait Jane Elliott has been doing it since the 60s. Oprah's a big fan.

jonathanchait You spoke the term correctly did you consult Joan White, PFI?

jonathanchait You're just figuring this out now?

jonathanchait If it is, she sold a lot of books. I'll buy the book & see if it resonates with me...

jonathanchait People like her are modern day snake oil salesmen

jonathanchait Mental illness isn’t funny...

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