{"id":20218,"date":"2023-07-03T10:21:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=20218"},"modified":"2023-07-03T10:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:21:32","slug":"north-dakota-vs-diversity-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2023\/07\/03\/north-dakota-vs-diversity-training\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota vs. Diversity Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

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     Increasingly, many states are standing up against wokeness; North Dakota is joining them. \u00a0 SB 2247<\/a> protects students and employees from being \u201c[p]enalized, discriminated against, or receive adverse treatment due to the individual’s refusal to support, believe, endorse, embrace, confess, act upon, or otherwise assent to or oppose a specified concept\u201d or otherwise be \u201c[r]equired to endorse or oppose a specific ideology or political viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, tenure, promotion, or graduation.\u201d The bill also prohibits mandatory training sessions in wokeness, with the state declining to endorse the following \u201cspecified concepts\u201d:<\/p>\n

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\n3.”Specified concept” means a concept that:
\na. One race or sex is inherently superior or inferior to another race or sex ;
\nb. An individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, is inherently privileged, racist,
\nsexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or subconsciously;
\nc. An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of
\nthe individual’s race or sex;
\nd. An individual’s moral character is determined by the individual’s race or sex;
\ne. An individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, bears responsibility for an action
\ncommitted in the past by other members of the same race or sex;
\nf. An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or another form of psychological
\ndistress solely because of the individual’s race or sex;
\ng. A meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist, or designed by a particular race or sex to
\noppress another race or sex;
\nh. This state or the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist;
\ni. Promotes or advocates the violent overthrow of the United States government ;
\nj. Promotes division between, or resentment of, a race, sex, religion, creed, nonviolent
\npolitical affiliation, social class, or class of people;
\nk. Ascribes a character trait, value, moral or ethical code, privilege, or belief to a race or
\nsex, or to an individual because of the individual’s race or sex;
\nS. B. NO. 2247 – PAGE 2
\nl. The rule of law does not exist, but instead is a series of power relationships and
\nstruggles among racial or other groups;
\nm. All Americans are not created equal and are not endowed by their creator with certain
\nunalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;
\nn. Governments should deny to any person within the government’s jurisdiction the equal
\nprotection of the law;
\no. Includes race or sex stereotyping; or
\np. Includes race or sex scapegoating.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     A good start, now it\u2019ll just have to be enforced.<\/p>\n

     The bill can be read here or below:<\/p>\n