{"id":18649,"date":"2021-11-08T01:03:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T08:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=18649"},"modified":"2021-11-08T01:03:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T08:03:47","slug":"ma-bell-goes-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/11\/08\/ma-bell-goes-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma Bell Goes Woke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet another company has been outed as pushing Critical Race Theory on its employees: AT&amp;T.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: AT&amp;T Corporation has created a race reeducation program with materials claiming that &quot;racism is a uniquely white trait&quot; and teaching employees: &quot;White people, you are the problem.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s the full story.\ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1453816421415219229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 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\">I have obtained a cache of internal documents about the company\u2019s initiative, called Listen Understand Act, which is based on the core principles of critical race theory, including &quot;intersectionality,&quot; &quot;systemic racism,&quot; &quot;white privilege,&quot; and &quot;white fragility.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zj5wi9LjMm\">pic.twitter.com\/Zj5wi9LjMm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1453817040892948487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 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;You already know this is going to be cringe&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AT&amp;T company instructs employees to study a resource claiming that the United States is a &quot;racist society&quot; and telling readers: &quot;White people, you are the problem. Regardless of how much you say you detest racism, you are the sole reason it has flourished for centuries.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kQEwMl2wG4\">pic.twitter.com\/kQEwMl2wG4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1453817415662399494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 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 resource claims that &quot;American racism is a uniquely white trait&quot; and that &quot;Black people cannot be racist.&quot; White women, in particular, &quot;have been telling lies on black men since they were first brought to America in chains.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MQyHUKNRI3\">pic.twitter.com\/MQyHUKNRI3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1453817571547901969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 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 resource, AT&amp;T teaches that &quot;COVID-19 may have actually helped prepare us to confront in a deeper, more meaningful way the many faces of racism&quot; by giving whites a fear of imminent death and &quot;brooding sense of always feeling vulnerable.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/95zVDE2u4D\">pic.twitter.com\/95zVDE2u4D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1453817817279590416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 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\">Furthermore, as millions of Americans have lost their jobs, they &quot;have more time&quot; to attend street protests, which provided &quot;a way to feel like one could have an impact.&quot; The sense of &quot;shared helplessness,&quot; the resource claims, has resulted in positive political activism. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YWK65HIc9G\">pic.twitter.com\/YWK65HIc9G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1453817961848860691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 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, AT&amp;T encourages employees to participate in a 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Challenge, which teaches that &quot;Whiteness is one of the biggest and most long-running scams ever perpetrated&quot; and that the &quot;weaponization of whiteness&quot; is a &quot;constant barrage of harm&quot; for minorities. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U6uSw9kTiz\">pic.twitter.com\/U6uSw9kTiz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1453818464221552640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 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 21-Day Challenge also directs employees to articles and videos promoting fashionable left-wing causes, including &quot;reparations,&quot; &quot;defund police,&quot; and &quot;trans activism,&quot; with further instruction to &quot;follow, quote, repost, and retweet&quot; left-wing activist organizations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qY6XahgyO\">pic.twitter.com\/2qY6XahgyO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1453818655511244818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 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;Read more over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/att-racial-reeducation-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The original documents can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/christopherrufo.com\/white-people-you-are-the-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> or read below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"AT&amp;T Original Source Documents\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/536336290\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-ThCI1RlGymdOo4T4WJpF\" 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 AT&amp;T Original Source Documents on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/536336290\/AT-T-Original-Source-Documents#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AT&amp;T Original Source Do&#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\/10\/Listen-Understand-Act.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Listen-Understand-Act.jpg 1432w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Listen-Understand-Act-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Listen-Understand-Act-1024x827.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Listen-Understand-Act-768x620.jpg 768w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Listen-Understand-Act-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\/10\/Listen-Understand-Act-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Listen-Understand-Act-thumb.jpg 358w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Listen-Understand-Act-thumb-300x242.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=\"Ma Bell Goes Woke\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Yet another company has been outed as pushing Critical Race Theory on its employees: AT&#038;T.\"><meta name=\"twitter:image:src\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Listen-Understand-Act.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yet another company has been outed as pushing Critical Race Theory on its employees: AT&amp;T. 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