Hold still. We need to nail some diversity training into your brains:
You see, expectations of competence, “hard work” – and a concern for whether actions actually produce the desired result – these things are problematic and to be viewed with suspicion, and ultimately undermined. On grounds that they cause “people of colour” to “feel they are living out of context with who they really are.”
If this sounds a tad unhinged, not to mentioned racist, that can only be because you’re insufficiently schooled in “critical race theory” and the ways of the woke. Happily, Christopher Rufo has risked his mental wellbeing by poking through documents issued at a taxpayer-funded, three-day mandatory training session organised by the aforementioned research lab, Sandia National Laboratories, during which white male executives found themselves subjected to some lovely psychological abuse.
I for one am all for it.
Scrapping “expectations of competence, “hard work” – and a concern for whether actions actually produce the desired result” for ethnic surgeons and airline pilots in designated govt hospitals and designated govt airlines for used by Sandia management and their fellow travellers is just peachy with me…..
Along as we are allowed a two tier system (like the Courts)…. no problems fellas.
So it’s racist not to be racist. Got it.
We know how success is measured in Chicago and it ain’t pretty.
Are they saying people of colour are naturally indolent?
Sandia Labs? I’m not surprised.
Many years ago, I was at a workshop at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pasadena (yup, that JPL!) and people from Sandia were in attendance. A group of them made a presentation about the device they were working, complete with all sorts of nice pictures.
Then I had the audacity to ask about a certain detail in that design’s construction, something which might have helped me with something I was working on at the time. “Oh, we haven’t built one yet. These are just theoretical results!”
Thank you, gentlemen, you’ve told me all I needed to know. After that, I never trusted anything coming out of Sandia again.
Coffee shops are where the real education and learning centers are these days.
But, CoronaChan has stopped, or nearly stopped, those classes from being attended.
The pozers believe they are In charge and have everything under their control and going according to plan. But their grand plans are folly. And you and I know it. They don’t have a freaking clue how wrong they are!!
Building stuff is racist.
No doubt aimed at the root causes of capitalism
Exactly like the USSR where laziness and incompetence were the standard and the press, both Soviet and our own useful idiot journalists, told us they really knew how to get sh*t done. If you’re old enough you remember all those crappy Eastern Bloc cars that were imported in the eighties. They were beyond horrible and for a lot of people the first indication that perhaps we were being lied to about communist competence.
That seems to be our future.
And the fake plans for SST aircraft, which the Soviets fell for. The Soviets triumphantly presented their “built first” prototype at the Paris Air Show. It promptly crashed as the Soviets did not have the know how to detect the deliberate fatal flaws in the design.
China may have invented gun powder and fireworks but the CCP has never done anything but steal inventions and technology from others. Communists only produce knockoffs.
There are a few details missing from your comments.
The Tupolev Tu-144 entered commercial service before Concorde. During its earlier flights, some stability problems became apparent. Those were resolved by adding canards near the nose, which is why one can roughly tell when a picture of the TU-144 was taken.
It entered commercial service with Aeroflot, which gave the airline bragging rights.
Its reputation was severely damaged by the crash at the Paris Air Show. Initial reports attributed it` to design flaws, but, subsequent to that, another explanation was offered. During its demonstration flight, it was apparently shadowed by a NATO fighter, dispatched to make observations. It’s been suggested that the plane made close passes by the Tu-144 and the resulting turbulence caused the latter to become unstable and crash.
Building supersonic aircraft is no easy task because of the way fluids behave at those speeds. The British and French had their own problems with Concorde, so many of the shortcomings that the Tu-144 had were understandable.
Fake plans for an SST? Hardly that.
Hmm….
Growing up in a socialist country run by communists, this is easily recognizable program from the central committee.
Self-criticism was in fashion in the late 50’s and early 60’s of the past century in the country.
We (heh), in school were forced to practice self-criticism and had to, each, actually stand in class and self-criticize. You were instructed to come up with complete bullshit to please the communist masters.
There was no way out, very much like the socialist/fascist cadres of today will tell you that “silence is guilt” and not acceptable.
Wonder how many are browbeaten by that phrase to submit.
Of course nobody will ever know because the media would never know and history of the communist rule is nowhere to be found.
This is a communist totalitarian, forced procedure for everybody, but everybody, to submit.
Invasion of body snatchers is on.
They will get you. You won’t even notice until it will be too late and it will look exactly like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I&feature=emb_logo
One can understand that you have seen this in context before, though you may not realize how much of actual history is in it relative to the current apparently leaderless schemes.
Of course the point of interest here is the monotone human debris that is so common in today’s so called “movements” that for some reason reminds one of something to do with bowels.
I am pretty old now, throughout my life I never considered myself a white supremacist or that I had any privilege. I always figured that anyone could be smarter and better than others regardless of skin color.
Now when I see who is doing all the whining and committing most of the criminal activity, I am starting to notice that white people do appear to be better than most others. However it is not innate, most of it comes from values and hard work.
White values are much better than the values of the less-motivated colored communities. There are a lot of white losers who misbehave as well. It’s human nature. Not everyone has the goods. That’s not unfairness, it’s reality.
We shouldn’t have to apologize for being successful, or white …. ‘they’ should apologize for living on our tax-dollars and doing little or nothing for it, or about it.
The thing is that everyone is good at something.
In today’s regime though, it is more and more being shut down and have you submit.
The idleness is rendered as virtue, initiative as privilege.
There is somebody who is leading this, though nobody want to say who or are afraid to say so.
J West, exceptionally well said. I, too am no gen x-er or even a “Boomer” and couldn’t agree more. Colour, race, ethnicity, religion were never a part of my upbringing post-WW II. But now it’s assumed and I have to apologize to – someone. My basic response to them is FOAD.
“…an extensive list of benefits of their supposed “white privilege.” Benefits including “the ability to dominate language,””
Oh I would have “dominated the language” alright if I was forced to attend one of these struggle sessions! Much of it would have been profanity-laced.
I find it difficult to believe that you could be “forced” to attend such a meeting, Mr. Teach. I certainly wouldn’t. Any employer requiring me to compromise my principles is not worthy of my help.
When they told me their useless safety meetings were mandatory, I replied,” I was looking for a job when I found this one.” I never attended. They never fired me.
White “progressives” have always been among the most racist people on earth.
I know it’s different but in reading through the excerpt I imagined Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange, in a straight jacket, being brought into a movie-like theatre run by the UKs heath services in which they subjected him to Nazi propaganda films in an attempt to condition him against violence. The dystopian future depicted in the film seems to be slowly coming to fruition as the left further exerts its control.
Lev,
The leading force is white stupidity, without that stupidity Communism would not exist… The Socialist becomes a Communist Thug when their solutions become violent (Kill all non-believers)
The Media are PUNKING the public & the Republican junkyard dogs are taking the bait….Pamela Harris will melt down into tears & quit the race. Claiming racial discrimination & the white”man” privlege.. Trump could then be in trouble by all the White guilt……
The RNC “MUST” sue the DNC for the unconstitutional selection of Pamela Harris, who is not qualified to become President (both parents not USA Citizens) Failure to have a SCOTUS ruling will spell a future disaster. All the Anchor babies have the option, when they turn 18, to become USA Citizens & run for President . AOC & the other 4 mutt heads ,Time to end the stupidity!
JMHO
Huh? What?
If you’re being satirical or sarcastic I missed it.
Her name is Kamala.
She is US born and that’s all that counts, not her parent’s place of birth.
Dirtman,
You are obviously white and have never read the US Constitution… Even if Born in the USA that person may not be a Citizen (Congressional Naturalized Citizenship) The Presidential office has special requirement that are spelled out in the Constitution…
I wonder if anybody up the foodchain of these organizations notices the uptick in retirements and “taking another job that better advances my career.” immediately after these indoctrination sessions?
For this HR Bovine waste product tells an employee some very important things.
First the company is not serious about their products.
Second The company will never have your back.
So no point believing anything else they spew.
Of course this is a government agency,so they never were and never would.
Most of their employees will “Go along to get along”.
What I read here agree with my personal experience that the incompetent, some of whom manage to rise to the top of line management, are jealous and suspicious of those who actually do the work, and try to hinder them.
I believe where I work was really one of the top results oriented engineering firms. They rewarded exceptional engineering achievements, above and beyond contractual requirements. They have a technical line of command that reflects line and program management. But even they succumbed.
I was first assigned to program this specialized function into an advanced signal processor in a kind of machine language program created for the processor. There was a real doubt whether the function can fit into the realtime slot allotted it. I managed to do it with half the code, and therefore half the realtime time budget. I thought they would be happy. But I found out since I was working on a cost plus contract, to cover for the expected problems, my efficiency only meant I stood to lose the company money. I was dumbfounded.
They bought into the Japanese idea of “team”, but I can’t believe what they did was what the Japanese did. They hold large program meetings including managers of all groups, including the group which reproduces the design review reports for the customer. Everyone was supposed to be able to give their opinion on anything going on. And the supervisor of this repro group was trying to tell me how I can better run the actual product creation as the chief engineer.
They sent me to a weekend seminar at a resort, where these “efficiency experts” tell you that it is better to be cooperative rather than tell someone he is wrong. You are always supposed to say, that’s good, but have you considered this? Well, Friday night, they divided us into role playing groups. I was the low level supervisor who listened to someone’s problems and react. Well, that person actually had a real work problem, and brought the viewgraphs that he intended to present on Monday with him. It was the old problem of when you combine two similar groups used to different technical platforms, someone has to lose. Well, he lost, but he was dragging his feet. He wanted to ask for more time. But his viewgraphs still argued why his platform was better. I told him that’s exactly what the management did not want to hear. He should just tell them the technical problems he was running into trying to convert, and ask for more time. He was convinced, and said he will make a new presentation as soon as he got home. I was pretty proud of myself, but the harpy efficiency expert really laid into me. She said I was completely wrong, I was not being co-active, I shouldn’t have told him he was wrong. The only reason I didn’t get an F was he actually liked what I said. Well, what was wrong with her speech? She was talking to me exactly the same way I talked to the guy. She was not being co-active with me. When it comes to it, she didn’t believe in the garbage she was spewing at all. And God only knows how much the company was paying her for that nonsense.
When our essentially autonomous unit of about 10,000 employees, most of them engineers, were sold to a eastern U.S. firm, they were aghast at our practice of seeking excellence instead of profit. They held a gigantic meeting with all levels of management, and told us how to practice low side compliance. That is, just do what the contract calls for and stop. Don’t try to advance the technology. After that, all the old hands just up and retired. I lost almost all my expertise contacts. So as soon as I could, I retired.
All that happened two decades or more ago. So what is happening now had a long time a-coming. Of course, now they have learned to stir gender and race into that witch’s brew. Sudden thought, if anyone can identify as anything, why can one not self-identify as a white male and then be able to overcome the problem?
You described much of my career as an engineer.
I applied for a position with a local software firm many years ago and I was asked what one of my best skills was. I mentioned that I often found solutions before everyone else. My chances for the job vapourized then and there. I guess that meant I wasn’t a team player because, as a team, the solutions are obtained together as we all hold hands and go skipping down the Yellow Brick Road, tralalalalalala….. Never mind that someone who comes up with the answer first might just move the team closer to the goal line.
(I met with the company on a Friday. I received notice the following Monday that I was ineligible because the “focus of the job had changed”. Go figure.)
What I read here agree with my personal experience that the incompetent, some of whom manage to rise to the top of line management, are jealous and suspicious of those who actually do the work, and try to hinder them.
That describes how the post-secondary educational system works both for students and for instructors.
I am a female first nations small business owner. I think I have a pretty thick skin and have been called names (who hasn’t) but never have I felt actually discriminated against. In fact, the more sh!t i have had to put up with the stronger and more importantly the smarter I have become. I used to dish out twice as hard as I got it a la Trump. Now I just laugh!
If someone actually is a racist, you cannot train them not to be. Some people are just a$$holes plain and simple.
In fact, the more sh!t i have had to put up with the stronger and more importantly the smarter I have become.
That makes two of us. I grew up being called all sorts of rude names because of where I was born.
I didn’t like it at the time, but it made me determined to prove to myself that I was at least as good, if not better, than my detractors. I ended up with a good education and I live comfortably now, thanks in part to my inheritance.
Like Oscar Wilde said, living well is the best revenge.
Nice! Yup. No worries here. Whats funny is that I live very minimalistically now. It is ironic that the more money you get, the less importance you place on it. With freedom from want, you can focus on self actualization and as Steve Jobs says, “making a dent in the Universe.” But you cannot achieve that until you get enough money to free yourself from the need for money!
Unfortunately IDNF, the terms bigot and racist, are so overused, they have lost their sting. I gave up worrying about such things a long time ago. You are correct of course, some people ARE just a$$holes plain and simple. These terms tend to be used these days to cover for the reality that the person assigning the terms, is unable to think rationally, and therefore resorts to such terms. For myself, I try to treat everyone equally, and am easy to get along with, and I get along with ninety percent of those I interact with. The other ten percent is just not worth my time, and I will just walk away. Your race, color, and ethnic background are not really relevant, it’s the content of your mind that is relevant.
I’m sure you have noticed that there are a few people on SDA that are of different ethnic backgrounds, and just as you have mentioned a couple of times, you are a first nations female, they too have mentioned their backgrounds and race. However, I don’t recall anyone acting bigoted or racist, toward you or them. Really it is the content and views that are discussed, and unless someone has a chip on their shoulder, all are treated the same. We all strive to get along, it’s only when a person or group gets “uppity” that they are retaliated against.
Think, politicians, idiots, BLM, Antifa, race baiters, gender fluidity warriors, and SJW’s and so on. I’m sure we can add a bunch more names to that list, but you get the point. If you have something to contribute, or a valid point, suggestion, or statement, we all are welcome to engage. That is why I enjoy posting on SDA, there are a lot of sharp minds, and we all learn from them, and each other, and that improves our understanding of our greater environment while doing so! Like minded tend to gather together, your background matters not, your mind, intelligence and point of view does!
There are some real racist a$$hole$ Here without a doubt. But if someone insults you whom you already don’t respect then it’s not actually an insult. When the blog host here titles articles with “Bigscreen TV” for example I get it. But she does kind of tarnish all of us with the same brush when she does that. I know she doesn’t mean that but other lunkheads here are too dumb to know otherwise and pile on with racial slurs. Like I say doesn’t bother me but it exists.
Unfortunately there are those who use race to enrich themselves and screw “their people.” Ever since LBJ’s “Great Society” money has poured into the black neighborhoods in the U.S., and disappeared. The lot of the poor blacks seem to be getting worse and worse, while race baiters like Maxine Waters become richer and richer. Not just her. Blacks have run American cities, and have done nothing for their people, but plenty for themselves. That is why they got into politics, to get rich. It would be a rare one who did not. It may be tarring all black Democratic politicians with a broad brush, but it is damn near accurate.
From reading this site, I gather that there are a lot of first nations chiefs who just care about “big screen TV”. Kate may be tarring those folks with a broad brush, but not all first nation.
I am ethnic Chinese and I am a loyal American. I believe we, America, are special and I hate the Chicom with every cell in my body. But there are those on this board, two in particular, who are fond of insulting all Chinese ethnics. I don’t take that lying down.
It’s too bad that all us “privileged” people can’t just pack up the products of our “privilege” and leave.
P*ss off the owner of the ball and he goes home, the game suddenly comes to an end.
Davis.A lot of us are.
When asked if we are “Qualified and certified” in institutional Fart Catching,when being contracted to perform a simple task,many Tradesmen/contractors are now blowing off the whole job.
As it will cost us far more time than we will have been able to bill for.
And life is too short.
And even more are now reconsidering how they work.
The staggering incompetence that this Covid Panic has showcased,combined with having to get by on less,sure makes putting out more,in the face of the coming taxes,seem rather pointless.
We are about to get hammered, by a bankrupt government,who forcibly shutdown the productive part of society.Those actual taxpayers.
Meanwhile the helpers have not missed an hours pay,have failed to perform on every level and actively seek to prolong the shutdown/lockdown on the taxpayers.
And to compound the insult,upon our intelligence,we have been treated to the theatre of Burn Loot Murder,where our political “leadership” condones civic collapse,mass riots during a pandemic and condemn the institutions of Law and Order..
So why shall we pay taxes?
Nothing the tax consumers offer,is of any benefit.
Even our “Freee Healthcare” is jammed up by the panicking loonies.
When asked if we are “Qualified and certified” in institutional Fart Catching,when being contracted to perform a simple task,many Tradesmen/contractors are now blowing off the whole job.
If someone had asked my father if his handiwork properly addressed racial injustice and was gender inclusive, he would have locked his toolbox, told that person to go to hell (or worse), and walked out the door. If he was in a good mood, he would have resisted the temptation to implant the workpiece in a convenient place on that person’s anatomy.
All he needed was a work order and any necessary diagrams and drawings. He cut metal for a living. Metal doesn’t have a race or gender. The likes of Prinz Dummkopf and Dumbass Donnie Bike Lane don’t seem to understand that.
Well said Davis, my diatribe to IDNF above, was too looong winded. I don’t start out intending to write a novel, but it just happens sometime. Your short comment covered it perfectly. My apologies to all for burning up valuable reading time with that post. It’s just that sometimes, I just gotta.
Condensation is the most difficult part of writing. Keep it in mind when proofreading.
Hint: brandy will not help with this.
Why has a faux epidemic created the level of insanity that we are seeing? I really don’t know what to say that will not insult just about everyone on the damn planet.
OWD, my bet is that once the idiot politicians shut down the economy, and spent billions, they got to keep it up to save face, and they do love the power. For Trudope, he’s just trying to extend his reign, cuz he can’t cover his “ethic discrepancies” any longer, and keeping parliament shut down is his only recourse.
I’ll just put this here:
https://www.unwoke.hr/