{"id":18389,"date":"2021-08-24T00:32:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T07:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=18389"},"modified":"2021-08-24T00:32:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T07:32:27","slug":"american-express-goes-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/08\/24\/american-express-goes-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"American Express Goes Woke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet another company has been forcing Critical Race Theory on its suffering employees: American Express. The veritable Christopher Rufo <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/5EJqi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provides<\/a>, yet again, <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1425485418187816961.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">primary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/au67k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: American Express Corp. has launched a critical race theory training program that teaches employees capitalism is fundamentally racist and asks them to deconstruct their racial and sexual identities, then rank themselves on a hierarchy of &quot;privilege.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s the story.\ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1425485418187816961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 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 whistleblower documents, AmEx executives created an internal &quot;Anti-Racism Initiative&quot; that subjects employees to an extensive training program based on the core tenets of critical race theory, including &quot;systemic racism,&quot; &quot;white privilege,&quot; and &quot;intersectionality.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pnpFkLYK8R\">pic.twitter.com\/pnpFkLYK8R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1425485880660140036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 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\">First, an outside firm teaches employees to deconstruct their &quot;race, sexual orientation, body type, religion, disability status, age, gender identity, [and] citizenship&quot; onto an official company worksheet\u2014then determine where they stand on a hierarchy of &quot;privilege.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NK6op1dex4\">pic.twitter.com\/NK6op1dex4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1425486028962369544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 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;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AmEx then instructs employees to change their behavior in the office based on their relative position on the racial and sexual hierarchy. For example, if a member of a subordinate group is present, employees should practice &quot;intersectional allyship&quot; and defer to them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qu6P8nqnAd\">pic.twitter.com\/qu6P8nqnAd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1425486490822344704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 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\">In another handout, the instructions for white employees are more explicit: &quot;identify the privileges or advantages you have&quot;; &quot;don&#39;t speak over members of the Black and African-American community&quot;; &quot;it&#39;s not about your intent, it&#39;s about the impact you have on your colleague.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iyLp8aqQf5\">pic.twitter.com\/iyLp8aqQf5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1425487009607421956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 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 not to utter common phrases such as &quot;I don&#39;t see color,&quot; &quot;we are all human beings,&quot; and &quot;everyone can succeed in this society if they work hard enough,&quot; or they will be considered &quot;microaggressors&quot; against their black colleagues. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WcOT6wYJsm\">pic.twitter.com\/WcOT6wYJsm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1425487213794496515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 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, AmEx invited Dr. Khalil Muhammad\u2014great-grandson of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad\u2014to lecture on &quot;race in corporate America.&quot; Muhammad argued that the system of capitalism is fundamentally racist and based on &quot;racist logics and forms of domination.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/llIEOUQiR9\">pic.twitter.com\/llIEOUQiR9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1425488690910961665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 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\">Muhammad said the company should reduce credit standards for black customers and sacrifice profits in the interest of race-based reparations. &quot;If you want to do good, then you\u2019re going to have to set up products and [product] lines that don\u2019t maximize profit,&quot; he said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OZGDqu5MYl\">pic.twitter.com\/OZGDqu5MYl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1425489644288761860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 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, AmEx recommends a series of resources for employees to dedicate themselves &quot;to the lifelong task of overcoming our country\u2019s racist heritage.&quot; These materials endorse &quot;prison abolition,&quot; race-based reparations, and the idea that white children are racist. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mjI3kX1OhA\">pic.twitter.com\/mjI3kX1OhA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1425490042428956672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 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;Mr. Rufo\u2019s full report can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/11\/american-express-tells-its-workers-capitalism-is-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Rufo can be supported <a href=\"https:\/\/christopherrufo.com\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/American-Express-CRT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/American-Express-CRT.png 490w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/American-Express-CRT-300x228.png 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=\"American Express Goes Woke\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Yet another company has been forcing Critical Race Theory on its suffering employees: American Express.  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