Do you think that the following statements violate LinkedIns policy forbidding speech that is based on prejudice‚ discrimination‚ or stereotypes about inherent traits or religious affiliation?[Africans] have never been civilized![Muslims] control the media.There are too many [black] women in this industry.Most [black] people have an uncontrollable urge to control [white] bodies.All [black] children have been indoctrinated since birth.You [black people] are all far worse than your ancestors.Youre fed up with [black] men being crap? Join the club then‚ I guess.[Islam] is corrupted by white supremacy.Theyre all awful things to say. Theyre all based on stereotypes. And they come from ignorance‚ at best; hatred‚ at worst. They seem to be forbidden by LinkedIns hateful-conduct policy‚ and we have no doubt that if these statements were made as written‚ LinkedIn would have removed them.But‚ as you can tell from the brackets‚ they werent made as written. Each of these statements put words like white‚ Jews‚ Europeans‚ or Christianity where the brackets are. LinkedIn ruled that none of the statements written that way violates its hateful-conduct policy.It only takes a few moments to find hundreds of statements like these on LinkedIn. There is an enormous community of diversity‚ equity‚ and inclusion (DEI) consultants who post similar things regularly. They decry whiteness‚ which they often write as ?-ness to avoid spelling out the word white. They say that all white people (again‚ often written ?people) are uncivilized‚ racist‚ bigoted oppressors. They lament Jews purported control of the American media. They disparage Christianity and Christians.Despite its hateful-conduct policy‚ LinkedIn seems to have no problem with any of this. Within minutes of receiving reports about each of these statements‚ LinkedIn announced that its Trust &;amp; Safety Team reviewed the post and found that it does not go against our Professional Community Policies. LinkedIn approved all of them.We asked LinkedIns Corporate Communications Manager Brionna Ruff whether the statements would be removed if they appeared as they do above‚ with black substituted for white‚ Islam for Christianity‚ etc. She avoided the question and instead just referred us back to the policy with her hope that we may find [it] helpful.Its likely that LinkedIn would take the posts down if they appeared as they appear above. Theres no way LinkedIns left-leaning employees would tolerate statements against groups that rank highly in liberals oppression matrix. But‚ if thats the case‚ then LinkedIns policy is not a policy at all. Its a cover for hypocrisy.Next‚ the trainers provided a handout for teachers to locate themselves on an oppression matrix‚ which defines white heterosexual Protestant males as the privileged social groupor ";oppressors";and women‚ minorities‚ transgender‚ and LGBT people as the oppressed. pic.twitter.com/K3uy0gDAtv Christopher F. Rufo ?? (@realchrisrufo) January 20‚ 2021Terms like hate or bigotry are inherently subjective and prone to misuse. They have no fixed definitions and‚ as the 2023 Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index observed‚ can and will be interpreted according to the enforcers biases.LinkedIns bias is evident in the policy itself (even assuming equal and neutral enforcement): LinkedIn cares only about certain types of hateful speech. The policy forbids hateful speech about race and gender identity‚ for example‚ but does not apply to class or place of origin. It is not a violation to say‚ for example‚ that all poor people from Appalachia are backward and stupid.More evidence of LinkedIns bias: it reserves the sole and unreviewable discretion to preserve hateful speech if the speaker has personal experiences with racism‚ sexism‚ ableism‚ and other forms of prejudice or discrimination. That suggests that if youre a member of one of the groups that LinkedIn favors‚ you dont have to follow the same rules as everyone else.All of this raises the question: Could it really be that the Professional Community is as woke and hypocritical as those of other social media companies? LinkedIn is supposed to be the grown-up at the internet table.Sadly‚ that isnt true. LinkedIn is not only as woke as other social media companies‚ but probably even more so. And it doesnt hide it. On the contrary‚ LinkedIn devotes a great deal of its resources to publicizing its ideological bias. In fact‚ LinkedIn does more to publicize it than Facebook does and more than Twitter ever did.LinkedIn has pages and pages dedicated to showcasing its dedication to DEI: We realize diversity‚ inclusion‚ and belonging for our employees‚ members‚ and customers. It regularly publishes blogs touting its commitment to DEI. It produces hundreds of videos and classes to teach other people how important DEI is. It celebrates the DEI awards it wins from left-wing groups. And every year‚ LinkedIn celebrates the gains it made in visual diversity (diversity of thought‚ not mentioned).Each year‚ LinkedIn says‚ we take time to reflect on the pace of our progress toward building a more inclusive and equitable workplace. Does that apply to Jews‚ white people‚ and Christians? Does it apply to people who believe that character matters and color doesnt? No answer is apparent in LinkedIns diversity materials.LinkedIn does‚ however‚ provide an answer to the question What sort of diversity do you care about? Only race‚ gender‚ and disability. Those are the only categories of diversity that LinkedIns diversity report tracks.Meanwhile‚ LinkedIn celebrates dividing its employees into race- and sexuality-based employee resource groups. And it celebrates the leadership and talent development programs that it created only for members of systemically marginalized groups. Yes‚ discriminatory employment programs violate the nations civil rights laws‚ but LinkedIn seems to care as much about the law as it does about antisemitism and anti-white racism on its platform.The truth is that LinkedIn and its parent company Microsoft (which also devotes a great deal of its resources to its Diversity and Inclusion Journey) are just as woke as the apparently less serious social media companies. Perhaps even more so. And theyre just as unprincipled and hypocritical in their content moderation policies.For Microsoft and LinkedIn‚ a solution is at hand: Adopt commonsense recommendations‚ like those offered by the Viewpoint Diversity Score Business Index to clean up their policies by eliminating unclear and imprecise terms and ensuring legitimate harms like bullying and harassment are objectively defined‚ equally enforced‚ and extended to everyone‚ regardless of their beliefs or personal traits. Microsoft has been given this opportunity for years‚ but thus far has refused to make even the most basic changes or disclosures.Lawmakers take note: Dont fall into the trap of thinking that LinkedIn is the grown-up social media company. If your sights rightly fall on Facebook‚ Instagram‚ X‚ and TikTok‚ they ought to fall on LinkedIn and Microsoft‚ too.The post DOUBLE STANDARD: LinkedIns Woke Content Moderation Hypocrisy appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Presidents used to appoint diplomats to defend the interests of the United States and the public against foreign adversaries. That looks now like a gauzy past. Today‚ you have President Joe Bidens appointees‚ who want to demolish the society they purport to represent.Sadly‚ this is no exaggeration. On April 2‚ Secretary of State Antony BlinkenappointedZakiya Carr Johnson as the State Departments new chief diversity and inclusion officer to advance our deep commitment to diversity‚ equity‚ inclusion‚ and accessibility (DEIA) in the department.The fact that the Biden administration stubbornly clings to DEIthe way President Barack Obama said Americans clung to their guns and Biblesis puzzling. The private sector seems to berunning awayfrom DEI with as much speed as it initially rushed into the embrace of these dubious training sessions and practices.The adoption of diversity‚ equity‚ and inclusion peaked in the tumultuous summer of 2020‚ when U.S. cities were rocked by hundreds of riots led by Black Lives Matter‚ an organization founded by Marxistsintent on upendingAmerican society. The violence intimidated the gatekeepers of our cultural institutions into accepting deep cultural transformation‚ and thus‚ the surge of DEI.The reason often given by companies for now stiff-arming DEI is that it has proved to be divisive. It turns out that forcing the public into anti-racism training that reminded many of the struggle sessions of the Cultural Revolution in China was not popular.There is also the fact thatevidenceis piling up that DEI doesnt worki.e.‚ it doesnt translate into higher profits or other better outcomes.Yet‚ undeterred by popular antagonism‚ the Biden administration marches on to the DEI beat.From the desk of Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Zakiya Carr Johnson: Im honored that today is my first day leading @StateDeptDEIA. Our commitment is to a future that does not exclude and contemplates us all. #DEIA #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Accessibility pic.twitter.com/xBMiplgtGT The Secretary';s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (@StateDeptDEIA) April 8‚ 2024Which brings us back to Johnsons appointment at the State Department. Who is she exactly? The public has a right to sift through what she thinks and says.Johnson has bounced between DEI jobs at the State Department‚ where she was director of the so-called Race‚ Ethnicity‚ and Social Inclusion Unit for six years. Shes also worked for Congress and lefty nongovernmental organizations‚ including six years at Brazils very lefty Geledes instituto da mulher Negra. Prior to that employment‚ Johnsonwas a defenderof Brazils Marxist president‚ Inacio Lula Da Silva.Johnsons views of the United States‚ the country she now represents‚ come straight out of the playbook of critical race theory: The U.S. is systemically rotten and thus requires systemic overhaul.Because we live and work within systems‚ and those systems‚ as I mentioned before‚ are so deeply rooted in patriarchy‚ in colonialism‚ in racism‚ in otherism‚ we tend to be very resistant to shifts and changes‚ Johnson said ina 10-minute videoon intersectional feminism she made in 2020 for a consulting firm she founded. In order to make any change‚ weve literally got to be about dismantling that traditional structure at every juncture.Johnsons talk was replete with the terms of critical race theory that have forged the new woke dialect learned in todays universities and then carried forth into the workplace. Words such as representation‚ intersectionality‚ patriarchy‚ interrogate‚ etc. As with all CRT experts‚ everything often boils down to power dynamics‚ a term Johnson uses over and over.Society is laden with traditions that already carry power dynamics‚ be they from histories of colonialism‚ or patriarchy‚ or misogyny‚ she claimed. There are hierarchies and values‚ and those values really make it difficult to navigate and think about a future that is different than the way things have always been.How do you change so much iniquity saturating American society‚ and the West in general? Analyzing those power dynamics on a day-to-day basis is how we move ahead‚ Johnson said in the video.In apapershe co-authored for Germanys Heinrich Boll Foundation in 2020 with five other women who had formed the intersectionality group Action Circle‚ Johnson further elucidates what ails us. Everything is interconnected‚ whether we are combatting racism‚ confronting patriarchy‚ or dismantling white supremacy‚ she wrote.As a founder of Action Circle‚ she wrote that she would challenge this group not to fall victim to a Eurocentric mindset‚ adding: I do not believe that the way we construct solutions to the most pressing issues we are facing in this world should model a colonizers map of how to do things.Bidens secretary of state has appointed this ideologue as witch-hunt supremo at the State Department‚ no doubt to ferret out malcontents who have lived abroad and whose experiences dont quite square with the notion that we Americans live under systems of oppression.We once confronted enemies. Now the enemy is us.Originally published by the Washington ExaminerThe post Biden Admins Relentless DEI Push Continues Apace appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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