{"id":18228,"date":"2021-07-12T14:33:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T21:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=18228"},"modified":"2021-07-12T14:33:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T21:33:39","slug":"the-woke-industrial-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/07\/12\/the-woke-industrial-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woke-Industrial Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17803\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/us-military-flags.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Military related companies, including defense contractors, are just as woke as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/militarys-top-general-says-its-offensive-to-call-officers-woke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. military itself<\/a> is becoming. <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1412460830000508928.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Case in point<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Pa62d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raytheon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: Raytheon, the nation&#39;s second-largest defense contractor, has launched a critical race theory program that encourages white employees to confront their &quot;privilege,&quot; reject the principle of &quot;equality,&quot; and &quot;defund the police.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#39;s review the internal documents.\ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1412460830000508928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 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\">Last summer, Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes launched the Stronger Together campaign instructing employees on &quot;becoming an anti-racist today.&quot; He signed a corporate diversity statement and then asked all Raytheon employees to sign the pledge and &quot;check [their] own biases.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GacZYK4gIr\">pic.twitter.com\/GacZYK4gIr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1412461798880530439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 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 is centered on \u201cintersectionality,\u201d a core component of critical race theory that divides the world into competing identity groups, with race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and other categories defining an individual\u2019s place within the hierarchy of oppression. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X82f2ZoHow\">pic.twitter.com\/X82f2ZoHow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1412462761137741825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 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\">Raytheon then asks white employees to deconstruct their identities and &quot;identify [their] privilege.&quot; The company argues that white, straight, Christian men are at the top of the oppression hierarchy\u2014and must work on &quot;recognizing [their] privilege&quot; and &quot;step aside&quot; for minorities. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mM53oJtfs9\">pic.twitter.com\/mM53oJtfs9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1412463177082675204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 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 deconstruction and then reconstruction of a person is a typical method used by cults.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The cult of Critical Race Theory is no different.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Raytheon tells employees to &quot;identify everyone&#39;s race&quot; during workplace conversations. Whites must &quot;listen to the experiences&quot; of &quot;marginalized identities&quot; and should &quot;give [those with such identities] the floor in meetings or on calls, even if it means silencing yourself.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fPMsfll43k\">pic.twitter.com\/fPMsfll43k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1412463769133883394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 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\">Raytheon instructs white employees never to say that they &quot;pray things change soon.&quot; Whites must acknowledge that their own discomfort is &quot;a fraction&quot; of their black colleagues&#39;, who are &quot;exhausted, mentally drained, frustrated, stressed, barely sleeping, scared and overwhelmed.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L3GsB8OmaO\">pic.twitter.com\/L3GsB8OmaO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1412464012659367936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 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\">Raytheon has segregated employees by race and identity groups for black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, LGBTQ, and other intersectional categories.<\/p>\n<p>This is a slide from a recent seminar on &quot;Developing Intersectional Allyship in the Workplace.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/70MswsabxD\">pic.twitter.com\/70MswsabxD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1412464939747315713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 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, Raytheon explicitly instructs employees to oppose &quot;equality,&quot; defined as &quot;treating each person the same . . . regardless of their differences,&quot; and strive instead for &quot;equity,&quot; which &quot;focuses on the equality of the outcome.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t1IWkHcAGw\">pic.twitter.com\/t1IWkHcAGw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1412465166294212615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 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, in a collection of recommended resources, the company encourages white employees to &quot;defund the police,&quot; &quot;participate in reparations,\u201d &quot;decolonize your bookshelf,&quot; &quot;join a local &#39;white space.&#39;&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OrQSu9FrKF\">pic.twitter.com\/OrQSu9FrKF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1412465892848398340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 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 skinny on Raytheon can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/raytheon-adopts-critical-race-theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/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=\"The Woke-Industrial Complex\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Military related companies, including defense contractors, are just as woke as the U.S. military itself is becoming.  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