I've learned that you need to insert air quotes every time Bari trots out a new "whistleblower". Smith College didn't break any laws, or commit any kind of fraud. They aren't doing anything in secret that needs to be revealed. They are making efforts to correct for past injustices. They are committed to diversity, equality of opportunity…
I've learned that you need to insert air quotes every time Bari trots out a new "whistleblower". Smith College didn't break any laws, or commit any kind of fraud. They aren't doing anything in secret that needs to be revealed. They are making efforts to correct for past injustices. They are committed to diversity, equality of opportunity, and inclusion of marginalized groups The horror!
It sounds to me like Jody Shaw has a really bad case of "white fragility". Some white people get really upset when you point out facts like: The median white household has 10X the wealth of the median black household. In other words, they get angry and defensive at learning that white privilege is a real thing.
I've had lots of DEI training. If you're open-minded, white people can learn a lot about how life is different for members of groups who have been, and still are, marginalized. I've found these courses to be enlightening. And, as a straight white male, I've never once been called an “oppressor” or been made to feel shame or guilt about who I am.
But I'm well aware that some white people, get very angry and defensive at learning the facts of systemic racism. Robin DiAngelo wrote her book for people like this. Sadly, the people who need to read it the most tend to recoil at the mere mention of the title and will never be able to approach it with an open mind. I think people like Ms. Shaw are misunderstanding what is being taught. I don't believe that what Smith college is doing is unethical or immoral in any way.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal employment law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), and national origin. Title VII gives employees a private right to action . However, such claims cannot be brought against a specific individual, such as a supervisor. Rather, employers are subject to vicarious liability to violations caused by its managing employees. Adverse employment actions and hostile work environments are examples of circumstances that can support a claim under Title VII.
Adverse employment actions are actions that cause a significant change in employment status, such as hiring, firing, failing to promote, and reassignment with significantly different responsibilities. For example , an employee's reassignment to a more arduous and less prestigious position, due to her gender, constitutes an adverse employment action.
Under Title VII, a hostile work environment exists when the workplace is "permeated with discriminatory, intimidation, ridicule, and insult, that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim's employment and create an abusive working environment." For example , evidence of sexual harassment is sufficient to show a hostile work environment.
I've learned that you need to insert air quotes every time Bari trots out a new "whistleblower". Smith College didn't break any laws, or commit any kind of fraud. They aren't doing anything in secret that needs to be revealed. They are making efforts to correct for past injustices. They are committed to diversity, equality of opportunity, and inclusion of marginalized groups The horror!
It sounds to me like Jody Shaw has a really bad case of "white fragility". Some white people get really upset when you point out facts like: The median white household has 10X the wealth of the median black household. In other words, they get angry and defensive at learning that white privilege is a real thing.
I've had lots of DEI training. If you're open-minded, white people can learn a lot about how life is different for members of groups who have been, and still are, marginalized. I've found these courses to be enlightening. And, as a straight white male, I've never once been called an “oppressor” or been made to feel shame or guilt about who I am.
But I'm well aware that some white people, get very angry and defensive at learning the facts of systemic racism. Robin DiAngelo wrote her book for people like this. Sadly, the people who need to read it the most tend to recoil at the mere mention of the title and will never be able to approach it with an open mind. I think people like Ms. Shaw are misunderstanding what is being taught. I don't believe that what Smith college is doing is unethical or immoral in any way.
Um, pretty sure what they did to her is a straight up violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/title_vii#
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal employment law that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), and national origin. Title VII gives employees a private right to action . However, such claims cannot be brought against a specific individual, such as a supervisor. Rather, employers are subject to vicarious liability to violations caused by its managing employees. Adverse employment actions and hostile work environments are examples of circumstances that can support a claim under Title VII.
Adverse employment actions are actions that cause a significant change in employment status, such as hiring, firing, failing to promote, and reassignment with significantly different responsibilities. For example , an employee's reassignment to a more arduous and less prestigious position, due to her gender, constitutes an adverse employment action.
Under Title VII, a hostile work environment exists when the workplace is "permeated with discriminatory, intimidation, ridicule, and insult, that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim's employment and create an abusive working environment." For example , evidence of sexual harassment is sufficient to show a hostile work environment.