S4 E3 | Diversity Drill: Analysis of a Workplace Training Program

The Dissidents

n this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth discuss diversity training, specifically an "Anti-Racist Fight Club" pamphlet, forwarded to us anonymously. We go through the materials, click on embedded links, and fact check where appropriate. This is a long episode, but it could have easily been longer still. For example, we focused on aspects presented as objective information, but did not linger over portions that were clearly presented as the author's opinion. We hope this episode may be helpful to listeners who are facing their own workplace DEI seminars.

Podcast Notes

Watch Coleman Hughes Colorblindness Ted Talk:

https://www.ted.com/talks/coleman_hughes_a_case_for_color_blindness

Watch Doyin Richards Tedx Talk:

https://www.ted.com/talks/doyin_richards_racism_from_the_perspective_of_a_non_threatening_black_man

Listen to Our Podcast with Wilfred Reily:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-017-talking-taboo-data-racism-wilfred-reilly/id1537516628?i=1000622605770

Listen to Glenn Lowery and John McWhorter talk about Ibram X Kendi:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-mcwhorter-dan-subotnik-the-ibram-x-kendi-scandal/id505824976?i=1000630478139

See Barack Obama reconnect with the boy (now a young adult) who wanted to touch the former president's hair:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/05/27/obama-hair-like-mine-photo-kid-orig-kj.cnn