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Despicable! First Disney banishes its all time best character,
Darkwing Duck, to obscurity. For years I wondered why.
It is now evident.
Disney felt guilty.
Disney is doing this
to try to un-guilt itself. Embracing the “Reimagine Tomorrow”
training modules. These modules under the guise of combating
historically systemic racism. They do this by of all things being
racist. From the Patriot Daily Press:
“The core of
Disney’s racial program is a series of training modules on
“antiracism.” In one, called “Allyship for Race Consciousness,”
the company tells employees that they must “take ownership of
educating [themselves] about structural anti-Black racism” and that
they should “not rely on [their] Black colleagues to educate
[them],” because it is “emotionally taxing.” The United States,
the document claims, has a “long history of systemic racism and
transphobia,” and white employees, in particular, must “work
through feelings of guilt, shame, and defensiveness to understand
what is beneath them and what needs to be healed.” Disney
recommends that employees atone by “challeng[ing] colorblind
ideologies and rhetoric” such as “All Lives Matter” and “I
don’t see color”; they must “listen with empathy [to] Black
colleagues” and must “not question or debate Black colleagues’
lived experience.”
“In another
module, called “What Can I Do About Racism?,” Disney tells
employees that they should reject “equality,” with a focus on
“equal treatment and access to opportunities,” and instead strive
for “equity,” with a focus on “the equality of outcome.” The
training also includes a series of lessons on “implicit biases,”
“microaggressions,” and “becoming an antiracist.” The company
tells employees that they must “reflect” on America’s “racist
infrastructure” and “think carefully about whether or not your
wealth, income, treatment by the criminal justice system, employment,
access to housing, health care, political power, and education might
be different if you were of a different race.”
“Finally, as part
of an initiative labeled “CEO sponsored priorities,” Disney has
launched racially segregated “affinity groups” for minority
employees, with the goal of achieving “culturally-authentic
insights.” In the original launch, the Latino affinity group was
called “Hola,” the Asian affinity group was called “Compass,”
and the black affinity group was called “Wakanda.” The racial
affinity groups, also called Business Employee Resource Groups
(BERGs), are technically open to all employees but in practice have
become almost entirely segregated by race, with the occasional
exception for white “executive champions” who attend on behalf of
corporate leadership.”
There are numerous
articles on the web describing what is happening at Disney. I have
read many.
Here is my question.
How much longer as a society are we going to put up with race
profiteers destroying Martin Luther King Juniors dream of a society
where a person is is not judged by the color of their skin but by the
content of their character?
If this keeps up I
can only quote the best character every made by Disney, “That’s
despicable!”