{"id":17931,"date":"2021-05-12T00:05:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T07:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=17931"},"modified":"2021-05-12T00:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T07:05:49","slug":"mickey-mouse-goes-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/05\/12\/mickey-mouse-goes-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Mouse Goes Woke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div id=\"attachment_17952\" style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17952\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/donald-duck-nazi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"299\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/donald-duck-nazi.jpg 463w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/donald-duck-nazi-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meanwhile, at Disney\u2026<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Disney has gone all in on Critical Race Theory. Christopher Rufo yet again has the <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1390828488949518337.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">primary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Bohou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documentation<\/a> of their internal struggle sessions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: The Walt Disney Corporation claims that America was founded on \u201csystemic racism,\u201d encourages employees to complete a \u201cwhite privilege checklist,\u201d and separates minorities into racially-segregated \u201caffinity groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;ve obtained internal documents that will shock you.\ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1390828488949518337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to a trove of whistleblower materials, Disney has launched a \u201cdiversity and inclusion\u201d program, called \u201cReimagine Tomorrow,\u201d which includes trainings on \u201csystemic racism,\u201d \u201cwhite privilege,\u201d \u201cwhite fragility,\u201d \u201cwhite saviors,\u201d \u201cmicroaggressions,\u201d and \u201cantiracism.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l41Dltugfg\">pic.twitter.com\/l41Dltugfg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1390828822581301249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sounds harmless, or even good, at first. However\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s just another racial struggle session.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disney claims that America has a \u201clong history of systemic racism and transphobia\u201d and tells employees they must \u201ctake ownership of educating yourself about structural anti-Black racism\u201d and \u201cnot rely on your Black colleagues to educate you,\u201d which is \u201cemotionally taxing.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eSSxpPvvFF\">pic.twitter.com\/eSSxpPvvFF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1390829377064083458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White employees are told to \u201cwork through feelings of guilt, shame, and defensiveness to understand what is beneath them and what needs to be healed.\u201d They must \u201clisten with empathy [to] Black colleagues\u201d and \u201cnot question or debate Black colleagues\u2019 lived experience.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PkLnMhaqrA\">pic.twitter.com\/PkLnMhaqrA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1390829529833246725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disney tells employees they should reject \u201cequality,\u201d or \u201cequal treatment,\u201d and instead strive for \u201cequity,\u201d or \u201cthe equality of outcome.\u201d They must \u201creflect\u201d on America\u2019s \u201cracist infrastructure\u201d and \u201cthink carefully about whether or not [their] wealth\u201d is derived from racism. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iYV8M1BNjT\">pic.twitter.com\/iYV8M1BNjT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1390829628734906369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disney sponsored the creation of a \u201c21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge\u201d and recommended it to employees. The challenge begins with a lesson on \u201csystemic racism\u201d and tells participants they have \u201call been raised in a society that elevates white culture over others.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VDN6TUqhma\">pic.twitter.com\/VDN6TUqhma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1390829827033231364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Next, participants are asked to complete a \u201cwhite privilege checklist\u201d: \u201cI am white,\u201d I am heterosexual,\u201d \u201cI am a man,\u201d \u201cI still identity as the gender I was born in,\u201d \u201cI have never been raped,\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t rely on public transportation,\u201d and \u201cI have never been called a terrorist.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hcTVp9Tnz1\">pic.twitter.com\/hcTVp9Tnz1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1390830101080666117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally, participants are told they must \u201cpivot\u201d from \u201cwhite dominant culture\u201d to \u201csomething different.\u201d The document claims that \u201ccompetition,\u201d \u201cindividualism,\u201d \u201ctimeliness,\u201d and \u201ccomprehensiveness\u201d are \u201cwhite dominant\u201d values that \u201cperpetuate white supremacy culture.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f4Z9LSv8Ir\">pic.twitter.com\/f4Z9LSv8Ir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1390830364063506438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disney recommends that employees read a how-to guide called \u201c75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice.\u201d The article tells readers to \u201cdefund the police,\u201d \u201cparticipate in reparations,\u201d \u201cdecolonize your bookshelf,\u201d and \u201cfind and join a local \u2018white space.\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RJLCTK5ypv\">pic.twitter.com\/RJLCTK5ypv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1390830682247634947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally, Disney has launched racially-segregated \u201caffinity groups\u201d for minority employees, with the goal of achieving \u201cculturally-authentic insights.\u201d The Latino group was named \u201cHola,\u201d the Asian group was named \u201cCompass,\u201d and the black group was named \u201cWakanda.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iCsGBFoD3I\">pic.twitter.com\/iCsGBFoD3I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1390831574929731585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The full story can be read at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/racial-politics-at-disney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Christopher Rufo\u2019s work can be supported <a href=\"https:\/\/christopherrufo.com\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The source documents can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/christopherrufo.com\/the-wokest-place-on-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> or below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Disney Resources\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/507141562\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-KYSOluEYWMkA5zJlAhOe\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"2.1893203883495147\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p  style=\"   margin: 12px auto 6px auto;   font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;   font-style: normal;   font-variant: normal;   font-weight: normal;   font-size: 14px;   line-height: normal;   font-size-adjust: none;   font-stretch: normal;   -x-system-font: none;   display: block;\"   ><a title=\"View Disney Resources on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/507141562\/Disney-Resources#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Disney Resources<\/a> by <a title=\"View ThePoliticalHat's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/188606198\/ThePoliticalHat#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ThePoliticalHat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wakanda-at-disney.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wakanda-at-disney.png 720w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wakanda-at-disney-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mickey Mouse Goes Woke\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Disney has gone all in on Critical Race Theory.  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