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Interesting article by Justin

artappraiser — Mon, 23 May 2022 18:28:07 +0000

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Interesting article by Justin McBrayer on diversity statements. If it looks like a religion and sounds like a religion . . . . @HdxAcademy https://t.co/U0kuyhAjQO
— Erec Smith Likes Rhetoric (@Rhetors_of_York) May 23, 2022

Oh my goodness...Wells Fargo,

artappraiser — Thu, 19 May 2022 20:29:41 +0000

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Oh my goodness...Wells Fargo, which made fake accounts to hit sales goals, made fake job interviews to hit diversity goals https://t.co/3ve3XZM7O1
— Ethan Wolff-Mann (@ewolffmann) May 19, 2022

I suspect a lot more than this is fake. It's like the whole industry of diversity training popped up out of nowhere during Geo. Floyd protests when Woke theory got hot and heavy in corporate world. Previously they were only ruling in academia. Suddenly there's all these diversity training consultants ready to submit huge bills to corporations for nothing much in return except more wasted time.

We need you to bring your

artappraiser — Thu, 05 May 2022 22:17:52 +0000

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We need you to bring your full self, and your whole self, and your real self. With authenticity.
— Shit Nonprofits Say (@nonprofitssay) April 29, 2022

also

We need to be in the center, but also center others.
— Shit Nonprofits Say (@nonprofitssay) April 26, 2022

and don't forget

We embrace iterative process to justify our inability to make decisions.
— Shit Nonprofits Say (@nonprofitssay) April 19, 2022

A Harvard-affiliated hospital

artappraiser — Thu, 05 May 2022 22:13:38 +0000

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A Harvard-affiliated hospital canceled a panel on autism awareness after students slammed it as "violently ableist" because some panelists take the position that it's okay to attempt to actually treat autism. Very normal stuff. https://t.co/yv0sspgMr6
— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) May 5, 2022

I don't "identify" as white -

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 05 May 2022 03:37:06 +0000

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I don't "identify" as white - i *am* white - feel the power. Even in lower case I'm all about power.

“In America, whiteness is the

artappraiser — Thu, 05 May 2022 02:38:07 +0000

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“In America, whiteness is the standard and the criteria used to determine whether ideas, actions, or experiences have worth, merit or value. … Whiteness is the control and the standard because whiteness is fundamentally about power.”https://t.co/Inm51XgoFm pic.twitter.com/FnssLHqstQ
— Rhyen Staley (@DunedainRanger9) May 5, 2022

Norfolk Police has published

artappraiser — Tue, 03 May 2022 19:38:30 +0000

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Norfolk Police has published a guide for officers and staff listing 37 different genders and sexual identities, including gynosexual, grey asexual and varioriented. https://t.co/LT2u7tpkaW
— Toby Young (@toadmeister) May 1, 2022

What sort of pitifully

artappraiser — Tue, 03 May 2022 00:55:53 +0000

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What sort of pitifully cramped mental world could have produced an acronym like this? https://t.co/QqLsfSiysm
— Naimisha Forest (@naimisha_forest) May 3, 2022