The city of Seattle invited employees to explore their own internalized racism in a training session that excluded white people. For white staff, they were taught that they are responsible for racism.
Employees “who identify as people of color” were invited to the three-hour “Internalized Racial Inferiority” training on September 3. It was conducted by the city’s Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI). The staffers were given tools to free themselves of white supremacy influence. In the end, they are expected to dismantle systems of oppression.
The companion training, “Internalized Racial Superiority,” offers a look at how “whiteness” gets in the way of people of color. It tells white
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