{"id":18432,"date":"2021-09-07T00:09:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T07:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=18432"},"modified":"2021-09-07T00:09:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T07:09:43","slug":"woke-banking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/09\/07\/woke-banking\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke Banking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Out of all the types of companies that push Critical Race Theory, the banking industry is probably the largest when it comes to its potential impact on <em>you<\/em>. \u00a0 Case in point: <a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1428083882490875906.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bank<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/m5BRi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/QHnoQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: Bank of America Corp. teaches employees that the United States is a system of &quot;white supremacy,&quot; promotes &quot;the abolishment of the police,&quot; and instructs workers to &quot;decolonize [their] mind[s]&quot; and become &quot;woke at work.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The whistleblower documents will shock you.\ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428083882490875906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 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\">Earlier this year, Bank of America and the United Way implemented a race reeducation program called United in Action, encouraging employees to participate in a &quot;Racial Equity 21-Day Challenge,&quot; built on the principles of critical race theory and intersectionality. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lsWk8xwCdT\">pic.twitter.com\/lsWk8xwCdT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428084901585186816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 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\">On day one, Bank of America teaches employees that the United States is a &quot;racialized society&quot; that &quot;use[s] race to establish and justify systems of power, privilege, disenfranchisement, and oppression, which &quot;give[s] privileges to white people.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QFaYBB3e2M\">pic.twitter.com\/QFaYBB3e2M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428085169307537409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 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;And <em>of course<\/em> it gets crazier.<\/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 the training program, all whites\u2014&quot;regardless of one&#39;s socioeconomic class background or other disadvantages&quot;\u2014are &quot;living a life with white skin privileges.&quot; Even white toddlers are guilty and must be &quot;taught to recognize and reject the &#39;smog&#39; of white privilege.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sh3FsGSivu\">pic.twitter.com\/Sh3FsGSivu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428085457607217154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 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\">Over the next three days, Bank of America teaches that whites are more likely to &quot;have more limited imagination,&quot; &quot;experience fear, anxiety, guilt, or shame,&quot; and &quot;contribute to racial tension, hatred, and violence.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>People of color, on the other hand, cannot be racist. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P5oXyfepBK\">pic.twitter.com\/P5oXyfepBK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428086490689531905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 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, Bank of America instructs white employees to deconstruct their racial and sexual identities and confront their &quot;white privilege&quot; and &quot;white fragility,&quot; in order to &quot;discover where [they] are on the privilege spectrum&quot; and &quot;if [they] exhibit &#39;white fragility&#39; traits.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GskFzjyEEh\">pic.twitter.com\/GskFzjyEEh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428087031721193475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 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\">Later, Bank of America teaches that the policing system was founded on white supremacist &quot;slave patrols&quot; and, according to activists, can be solved through &quot;the defunding and even the abolishment of the police.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bxIKlrn4T4\">pic.twitter.com\/bxIKlrn4T4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428088011770662914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 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 the final days, BofA tells employees to &quot;decolonize [their] mind[s]&quot; and become &quot;woke at work.&quot; Participants must admit that &quot;[their] words and actions are inherently shaped and influenced by systemic oppression&quot; and must &quot;cede power to people of color.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7p8s4vgXoR\">pic.twitter.com\/7p8s4vgXoR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428088313966043136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 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;\">Christopher Rufo\u2019s full report can be read on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428088490185564162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He can be supported <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428089753677623296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The original source documents can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1428097290326085632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> or below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"21 Day Challenge Materials\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/522176012\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-GL2RecbojwcZATFDNj3B\" tabindex=\"0\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.6069986541049798\" 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 21 Day Challenge Materials on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/522176012\/21-Day-Challenge-Materials#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">21 Day Challenge Materials<\/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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"21 Day Equity Challenge Discussion Guide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/522176470\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-tssFrlRdVczfgRwAeRij\" 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 21 Day Equity Challenge Discussion Guide on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/522176470\/21-Day-Equity-Challenge-Discussion-Guide#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">21 Day Equity Challenge Dis&#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\/08\/bank-of-america-woke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bank-of-america-woke.jpg 606w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bank-of-america-woke-300x189.jpg 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=\"Woke Banking\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Out of all the types of companies that push Critical Race Theory, the banking industry is probably the largest when it comes to its potential impact on you.  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