{"id":18006,"date":"2021-05-31T13:23:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T20:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=18006"},"modified":"2021-05-31T13:23:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T20:23:22","slug":"lockheed-martin-goes-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/05\/31\/lockheed-martin-goes-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed Martin Goes Woke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At this point, it comes to no surprise that more and more companies are going woke. \u00a0 However, it is still startling when a company that is so involved in the defense of the United States is working to undermine what America stands for, as the veritable Christopher Rufo has <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1397627960052502528.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uncovered<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210526190830\/https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1397627960052502528.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lockheed Martin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LockheedMartin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LockheedMartin<\/a>, the nation\u2019s largest defense contractor, sent key executives to a three-day white male reeducation camp in order to deconstruct their \u201cwhite male culture\u201d and atone for their \u201cwhite male privilege.\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\/1397627960052502528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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\">The program was led by the consulting firm White Men As Full Diversity Partners, which specializes in helping white males \u201cawaken together.\u201d The participants included a former three-star general and the vice president of production for the $1.7 trillion F-35 fighter jet program. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x5YU2bBNbn\">pic.twitter.com\/x5YU2bBNbn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1397628808220475392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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\">To begin, the diversity trainers led a \u201cfree association\u201d exercise, asking the Lockheed employees to list connotations for the term \u201cwhite men.\u201d The trainers wrote down \u201cold, racist, privileged, anti-women, angry, Aryan Nation, KKK, Founding fathers, guns, guilty, can\u2019t jump.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7FI7uqegJs\">pic.twitter.com\/7FI7uqegJs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1397629210718457856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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\">The trainers then asked \u201cwhat\u2019s in it for white men,\u201d listing responses: \u201cI won\u2019t get replaced by someone who is a better full diversity partner,\u201d \u201c[I will] improve the brand, image, reputation of white men,\u201d and \u201cI [will] have less nagging sense of guilt that I am the problem.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DSRhT55XQy\">pic.twitter.com\/DSRhT55XQy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1397629483012616193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not getting fired for lack of wokeness is what\u2019s in it for them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">White Men As Full Diversity Partners argues that the \u201croots of white male culture\u201d include traits such as \u201crugged individualism,\u201d \u201ca can-do attitude,\u201d \u201chard work,\u201d \u201coperating from principles,\u201d and \u201cstriving towards success\u201d\u2014which are \u201cdevastating\u201d to women and minorities. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DgeiOAJrFG\">pic.twitter.com\/DgeiOAJrFG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1397630516170395650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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 were asked to repeat and internalize 50 \u201cwhite privilege statements,\u201d including: \u201cMy culture teaches me to minimize the perspectives and powers of people of other races\u201d; \u201cI can commit acts of terrorism, violence or crime and not have it attributed to my race.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uA8tZXajFi\">pic.twitter.com\/uA8tZXajFi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1397632031270477827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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\">Participants then repeated and internalized 59 \u201cmale privilege statements,\u201d including: \u201cMy earning potential is 15-33% higher than a woman\u2019s\u201d; \u201cMy reproductive organs are not seen as the property of other men, the government, and\/or even strangers because of my gender.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NFC4vc53us\">pic.twitter.com\/NFC4vc53us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1397632522993868800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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 repeated and internalized 59 \u201cheterosexual privilege statements,\u201d including: \u201cI am not asked to think about why I am straight\u201d; \u201cI can have friendships with or work around children without being accused of recruiting or molesting them.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fFv68gxSpP\">pic.twitter.com\/fFv68gxSpP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1397632811557740545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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, the white males read a series of \u201cI\u2019m tired\u201d statements from fictitious racial minorities and women, including: \u201cI\u2019m tired of being Black\u201d; \u201cI\u2019m tired of Black boys\/girls being murdered\u201d; \u201cI\u2019m tired of &#8230; the concept that we should be \u2018colorblind.\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DzpWlaftvx\">pic.twitter.com\/DzpWlaftvx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1397633543862247426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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\">This is pure neoracism from a company that receives billions of taxpayer dollars every year. <\/p>\n<p>I call on the United States Senate to launch an immediate inquiry into the racist practices at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LockheedMartin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LockheedMartin<\/a>. We must shut this down before it endangers our national security.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1397634636214194176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 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;Christopher Rufo\u2019s full article can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/lockheed-martins-woke-industrial-complex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;His 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 documentation can be read <a href=\"http:\/\/christopherrufo.com\/the-woke-industrial-complex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> or below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Lockheed Martin White Men as Full Diversity Partners Redacted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/509880076\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-wX9sdVB0JZ2IdbYUwu1m\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" 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 Lockheed Martin White Men as Full Diversity Partners Redacted on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/509880076\/Lockheed-Martin-White-Men-as-Full-Diversity-Partners-Redacted#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lockheed Martin White Men a&#8230;<\/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\/lockheed-martin-white-mens-caucus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lockheed-martin-white-mens-caucus.jpg 1472w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lockheed-martin-white-mens-caucus-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lockheed-martin-white-mens-caucus-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lockheed-martin-white-mens-caucus-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lockheed-martin-white-mens-caucus-940x198.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lockheed-martin-white-mens-caucus-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lockheed-martin-white-mens-caucus-thumb.jpg 368w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lockheed-martin-white-mens-caucus-thumb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Lockheed Martin Goes Woke\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"At this point, it comes to no surprise that more and more companies are going woke.  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