{"id":660,"date":"2021-08-11T20:33:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T00:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/?p=660"},"modified":"2021-08-11T20:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T00:43:32","slug":"american-express-crt-training-urged-staff-to-adopt-a-hierarchy-putting-marginalized-above-privileged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/2021\/08\/11\/american-express-crt-training-urged-staff-to-adopt-a-hierarchy-putting-marginalized-above-privileged\/","title":{"rendered":"American Express CRT training urged staff to adopt a hierarchy, putting &#8216;marginalized&#8217; above &#8216;privileged&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p><span style='font-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\"'>American Express launched a  critical race theory training that urged employees to check their privilege and  defer to employees from &#8220;marginalized groups,&#8221; essentially creating a  workplace hierarchy. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\"'>This is really nuts&#8230;. I  laughed out loud when I read:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:\"Helvetica\",\"sans-serif\";  color:#222222;background:white'>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 &#8220;a blue flowchart with <b>specific rules for interacting with  black, female and LGBT employees: If members of a subordinate group are  present, workers should practice &#8216;intersectional allyship&#8217; and  defer to them before speaking.&#8221;<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:\"Helvetica\",\"sans-serif\";  color:#222222;background:white'>What??!!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:\"Helvetica\",\"sans-serif\";  color:#222222;background:white'>The problem is they aren&#8217;t kidding<\/span><\/b><span  style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:\"Helvetica\",\"sans-serif\";color:#222222;  background:white'>. And, by &#8216;they&#8217; I mean a small portion of the population  that is bent on changing the world and the way we think &#8230; to suit them. The tail  wagging the dog. It&#8217;s nuts.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:\"Helvetica\",\"sans-serif\";  color:#222222;background:white'>Now we must treat those who are in the minority  &#8211; not equally &#8211; but as Kings and Queens [no pun intended]&#8230; we must treat them  special or the powers that be will surely get you.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:\"Helvetica\",\"sans-serif\";  color:#222222;background:white'>I&#8217;m glad I am old.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:\"Helvetica\",\"sans-serif\";  color:#222222;background:white'>I&#8217;m Just Sayin&#8217; &#8230; .<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\"'><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/amex-crt-training-urged-staff-to-adopt-a-hierarchy-putting-marginalized-above-privileged\">https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/amex-crt-training-urged-staff-to-adopt-a-hierarchy-putting-marginalized-above-privileged<\/a><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Express launched a critical race theory training that urged employees to check their privilege and defer to employees from &#8220;marginalized groups,&#8221; essentially creating a workplace hierarchy. This is really nuts&#8230;. I laughed out loud when I read: In another session, consultants instructed employees to change their behavior in the office based on their relative &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/2021\/08\/11\/american-express-crt-training-urged-staff-to-adopt-a-hierarchy-putting-marginalized-above-privileged\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;American Express CRT training urged staff to adopt a hierarchy, putting &#8216;marginalized&#8217; above &#8216;privileged&#8217;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}