This was a twisted version of an actual Diversity Training.

Jan 4, 2020·1 min read

This was a twisted version of an actual Diversity Training. In the legitimate one, people made their own list of groups they belong to, pick one, and as a team present all the stereotypes and derogatory names they want abolished. It can bring awareness of internalized racism, sexism, et al. The fact that the design was altered to produce trauma instead is reprehensible.

Carol Lennox

Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist. Leans Left. Mindfulness practioner before it was cool. M.Ed., LPC. Carolsantafe93@gmail.com.

It was no different in the workplace culture. Senior colleagues bullied and screamed at young women, causing them to cry at their desks. At an all-hands meeting, my boss said, “Now you Asians come to the microphone too. I know you don’t like to ask questions.” At a different all-hands meeting, the entire policy team was separated into various rooms and told to participate in a “diversity exercise” that placed me in a group labeled “homos” while participants shouted out stereotypes such as “effeminate” and “promiscuous.” Colleagues of color were forced to join groups called “Asians” and “Brown people” in other rooms nearby.

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