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TODAYS LETTER: An LA Fireman Endures Diversity Training.
From: Kevin Rudd
Your piece on the abolition of the West was dead on. All this talk
about the "peaceful" religion of Islam, and how it is one of the three
great traditions that recognizes "the people of the book" is sheer
fantasy. I think it is just part of the delusion that all people are
in almost all ways just like themselves. We hear it constantly about
all the cultures that have established themselves in the United
States.
I'm a firefighter in the city of Los Angeles and was recently required
to attend our department's Diversity Training. I'm sure you're well
aware of the Orwellian nature of these exercises. There were two
specific aims to our particular training. The first was to try to
convince us that despite all evidence to the contrary, no one is ever
promoted or treated differently on the basis of sex or race. The
second was to help us to acknowledge that there are basically two
groups in this world: privileged white males, and persecuted women and
people of color.
My session turned out to be quite revealing. The instructors weren't
all that well versed in their subject and seemed to count on the
squeamishness that most have in talking about race in a mixed crowd to
prevent any opposition. I had heard enough of this garbage before
though, and I asked some general questions to demonstrate they were
bald-faced liars.
The first part of their presentation explained how much more diverse
the country, as well as our fire department had become in recent
history.[VDARE.COM note: LAFD is under a "consent decree" to increase
minority representation.] They then tried to define diversity. They
took great pains in explaining that while many think of diversity in
terms of gender and race, this is inaccurate, and that diversity is
really all about our uniqueness as individuals i.e. our talents,
abilities, and points of view.
I asked, excluding race and sex, in what ways has our country or
department become more diverse? I also asked, according to your
definition, how will the department measure itself with respect to
diversity? They told me they would cover that later and couldn't give
an answer then (of course they never did).
The part that was most infuriating, though, was when they stated,
"Diversity recognizes no one culture as being intrinsically superior
to any other." I asked that in light of the recent attacks on the
United States we might be able to proclaim that the Taliban was
inferior to another culture? No, was the answer. I restated, you mean
you do not believe that your own culture is superior to one that is
dedicated to the destruction of your own? No, was the reply along with
the question, "well, what are you going to do if you meet a Muslim on
the street?" I replied that I had said nothing of Islam or any
individual, only of the culture of the Taliban. I then asked, how
about the Nazi culture, you know, the one dedicated to the
extermination of the Jews, inferior to our own? Well not all Germans
were Nazis, was the reply. I again noted that I had said nothing of
Germans only of the Nazi culture. The response was that people are the
product of their environment and thus can't be judged.
The whole exchange was like beating one's head against the wall.
The last part of the training was a personal inventory consisting of
80 questions designed to measure one's conformity to the diversity
dogma. All responses were graded from 1-4 and the higher number was
the "correct" answer. Some highlights: you received the minimum points
for
1. Not believing that Whites benefit from diversity programs in the
workplace.
2. Not believing that Whites have more advantages than any other
group in America.
3. Not believing that minorities are "never" promoted for any reason
other than merit.
4. For believing that Asians as a group are more intelligent than
other groups.
Fortunately, civil service protections allow us to speak our minds
without too much fear of retribution, and these programs in the fire
department are probably counter-productive because of the hostility
they generate. Racism is not a big problem on our department and the
hostility is mainly manifested towards the administration for
subjecting the members to these lies.
I can only imagine how these exercises must play out in private
industry where people fear for their jobs. Keep getting your message
out. I work in multicultural hell and pray that the entire nation does
not suffer the same fate as my city.
October 16, 2001
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