{"id":92273,"date":"2020-10-19T02:43:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T23:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/state-enforced-racial-segregation-by-progressives\/"},"modified":"2020-10-19T02:43:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T23:43:22","slug":"state-enforced-racial-segregation-by-progressives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/state-enforced-racial-segregation-by-progressives\/","title":{"rendered":"#State-enforced racial segregation — by progressives"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#State-enforced racial segregation — by progressives<\/strong>”
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\n State-sanctioned racial segregation ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but has recently returned in an unlikely place: government agencies in Seattle. According to new whistleblower documents I\u2019ve reviewed, at least three public agencies in the region have implemented race-segregated diversity trainings.<\/p>\n

At the King County Library System, a private consulting firm called Racial Equity Consultants recently held racially segregated \u201clistening sessions\u201d to root out \u201cinstitutional privileges and systemic inequities.\u201d App<\/a>arently, there is widespread \u201cinstitutional racism\u201d in the libraries, and employees who reject that premise are accused of \u201cinternalized racism.\u201d When reached by e-mail, the firm said it wasn\u2019t authorized to comment.<\/p>\n

At the federal Veterans Administration Puget Sound facility, the local leadership has launched a series<\/a> of racially segregated \u201ccaucuses\u201d for \u201cindividuals who identify as white\u201d and those who identify as \u201cAfrican-American or black\u201d or as \u201cpeople of color.\u201d According to whistleblower e-mails, the organizer, Dr. Jesse Markman, convened the racially segregated sessions, calling them \u201can environment for sharing and discussion, which is not afforded by mixed groups.\u201d Dr. Markman referred me to the VA\u2019s public-affairs office, which didn\u2019t provide comment.<\/p>\n

Finally, at the King County Prosecutor\u2019s Office, the chief prosecutor, Dan Satterberg, and senior staff have recently required employees to sign an \u201cequity and social<\/a> justice\u201d pledge and assigned \u201ccontinued training for white employees,\u201d who must \u201cdo the work\u201d to \u201clearn the true history of racism in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

White employees are encouraged to participate in racially segregated \u201canti-racist action groups,\u201d as well as agency-wide \u201ccultural-competency\u201d training that teaches them to how to adopt \u201ca new non-oppressive and non-exploitive attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to a leaked memo I\u2019ve reviewed, Satterberg recently wrote a letter to staff suggesting that the \u201cprivileged, white, male cohort\u201d in his office should \u201cshut up and listen.\u201d The prosecutor\u2019s office confirmed the authenticity of the equity pledge and staff-wide memo but didn\u2019t offer further comment.<\/p>\n

Oh, the irony: Seattle\u2019s white elites are instituting a policy of racial segregation in the name of social justice. In all three of these institutions, white executives have explicitly implemented these policies, arguing, in one case, that holding segregated training sessions mitigates \u201cany potential harming of staff of color that might arise from a cross-racial conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The VA\u2019s Dr. Markman explained to his colleagues: \u201cIt can be challenging for people of color to feel a burden to educate others on how to be better, when at the same time being told or expected to be entirely open and unfiltered.\u201d<\/p>\n

The assumption behind these policies \u2014 that white leaders must shield minority employees from open dialogue \u2014 is deeply patronizing and can itself cause racial division in the workplace.<\/p>\n

According to multiple sources within King County government, segregated training sessions have created suspicion and distrust among colleagues. \u201cI was truly disgusted,\u201d one library employee told me. The trainers told white employees \u201cwe stole the land from indigenous people, [and] we are responsible for committing genocide.\u201d Another employee at the prosecutor\u2019s office described a recent diversity session as a \u201cfiring squad.\u201d This employee fears that any dissent would lead to immediate retaliation.<\/p>\n

These training sessions aren\u2019t only offensive, but possibly illegal. As US Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow has argued, racially segregated training sessions violate the 1964 act, which prohibits employers from segregating employees based on \u201crace, color, religion, sex or national origin.\u201d The Department of Justice is already investigating the City of Seattle\u2019s segregated diversity trainings. It should expand its investigation to include the King County Library System, the King County Prosecutor\u2019s Office and the VA\u2019s Puget Sound system. Segregation in the name of social justice is still segregation \u2014 and has no place in our public institutions.<\/p>\n

Seattle, home to leading critical race theorists like Robin DiAngelo, has long been on the vanguard of race-based progressivism. These crackpot concepts have escaped the academy and been entrenched in bureaucracies. Federal officials would be wise to put a stop to them \u2014 before segregation is once more normalized.<\/p>\n

Christopher Rufo is a contributing editor of City Journal.<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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