Posted on 03/19/2015 10:45:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A top U.S. Forest Service executive told his employees to probe their own “unconscious bias” on everything from race and sexuality to the disabled and fat people, asking them to use an unproven assessment tool to explore their feelings.
The online test, which Forest Management Director Bryan Rice urged other agency directors to use as well, specifically warns of problems when it is taken “outside of the safeguards of a research institution.” Users also are told to be careful about how far to go in interpreting the results.
Mr. Rice, in a March 11 email to his employees, also instructed them to read a New York Times piece titled “Straight talk for white men,” which argues that white men benefit from unconscious bias. He also shared a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that shows managers are more likely to hire those with a “very white sounding name” over those with a “very African American sounding name.”
In an email to The Washington Times, Mr. Rice said he believed the tests would help build a better workplace for his team.
“The intent of using the unconscious bias material is to assist with efforts to foster a work environment where everyone is respected and valued,” he said. “The unconscious bias material can help us explore diversity and inclusion in the workplace. It was included in a discussion of diversity as part of a continuous series of collaborative discussions on a variety of topics we have on my staff that cover key Forest Service policies and values as a means of fostering continued awareness.”(continued)
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Another U.S. Government freak show subsidized with money stolen from our paychecks.
Bias is just code for beliefs.
If your beliefs are based in reality and truth/fact, your “bias” is valid and your beliefs are correct.
It’s another liberal white guilt-sensitivity test.
I suddenly have a completely different image of how Ranger Smith will henceforth deal with Yogi and Boo-Boo...
And while you’re down there pondering your genitals about race and sex, clean out your navel lint trap.
First step into thought control.
Talk about invasion of privacy!
Do they ask liberals to examine and confess their feelings about southerners, conservatives, republicans...?
The forest service should examine their conscious and unconscious bias against privatization.
The left is desperate to prove that we all are racist/sexist/homophobe/towelheadophobe.
Yes, I’m biased, I’m biased in favor of clean clothes, warm beds, hot showers, good food, fast cars, honest people and pitchers who hit, or try to. I’m biased toward people who share my bias and there’s much more, believe me.
Would you let your daughter date the son of a designated hitter?
Easily, and chances are they could spew all the hate they want, and nobody in the upper levels of society would bat an eye.
Smokey Bear weeps to see what has become of the Forest Service.
“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.”
Merchant of Venice
So...
I would be happy if I never heard or read the word “diversity” ever again.
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