Washington University in St Louis hosts
an event claiming ‘professionalism is
racist’ because it ‘silences marginalized
people of color’
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Michelle Thompson
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
1/24/2022 4:33:13 PM
A Missouri university is hosting an online forum that will explore whether the term 'professionalism' is racist—and according to the event's synopsis, it is. The February 1 presentation at Washington University's St. Louis campus centers around a term defined by Merriam-Webster as 'the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.'
An explainer for the upcoming virtual event reads: 'The term “professionalism” has at times been used to silence and marginalize people of color, when attributes of appearance, language or interactions that have nothing to do with job knowledge or constructive collegial relationships are labeled as “unprofessional”. 'In this context, so-called professionalism
Reply 1 - Posted by:
SALady 1/24/2022 4:35:41 PM (No. 1049612)
I wonder if all the successful black, Hispanic, and Asian professionals out there are shaking their heads at how idiotic this is too?!?!?!?
Every day, it feels like the world described in "1984" is just getting closer and closer!!!
22 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Rand Al'Thor 1/24/2022 4:41:18 PM (No. 1049615)
I'm afraid that this mindset is going to leave people of color far behind.
18 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
FLCracker 1/24/2022 4:41:33 PM (No. 1049616)
You mean it's unprofessional to be professional?
Hey, does this explain Fauci?
15 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 1/24/2022 4:44:22 PM (No. 1049621)
This certainly doesn't seem like professional behavior by the university!
11 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
marbles 1/24/2022 4:47:17 PM (No. 1049622)
Having standards of behavior is denigrated because,................those standards were designated, invented, decreed, whatever by , yes you guessed it, white people. Those race insensitive white people also invented indoor plumbing. Show your independent self. Don't avail yourself of it. By the way the event is being hosted and run by two black women. Draw your own conclusions.
15 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
kono 1/24/2022 4:54:00 PM (No. 1049626)
Some people consider everything about America (and Western Culture, in general) to be racist. I'm tired of pretending to care, any more.
21 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Namma 1/24/2022 5:01:20 PM (No. 1049631)
Paging DOCTOR Carson
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 1/24/2022 5:12:16 PM (No. 1049632)
Re #2
I think this is part of a deliberate attempt to maintain the cult of victimhood on minorities. While I was working today, I had the TV on and was listening to Air Disasters on the Smithsonian channel. EVERY commercial break was for a 'history' of slavery for the past 1,000 years! The Left likes their minorities to believe that the board is set unfairly against them and that whites are to blame. What the neglect to add is that it is certain whites, i.e. liberal Democrats, who need to perpetuate this cult of victimhood. The Democratic Party needs a permanent victim underclass to justify their existence, hence white priviledge, Critical Race Theory, slave reparations, BLM (defund the police-the cops are an occupying army and they don;t serve the black community. Yes this the shite they preach.) Morgan Freeman once told Mike Wallace-who asked how can we eliminate racism-to STOP TALKING ABOUT IT. Stop reiving the past as if all the transgressions are current and ongoing, instead of past history. But if the Left do that then they are defeated, and so they keep hammering on how minorities are oppressed. Except its the LEFT doing the oppressing.
13 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 1/24/2022 5:20:53 PM (No. 1049638)
The Chaos of a crowd of idiots. They are offended by non-idiots.
8 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Right Time 1/24/2022 5:23:27 PM (No. 1049641)
So, Ebonics makes a return
7 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Venturer 1/24/2022 5:29:03 PM (No. 1049645)
Everything the race bating crowd touches turns to sheeeeeit.
And they want to touch everything. Everything is racist.
6 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 1/24/2022 5:30:18 PM (No. 1049646)
The idiot absolutely doesn’t see or doesn’t care that he’s pulling the trigger of a gun pointed at his head.
5 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 1/24/2022 5:39:44 PM (No. 1049654)
Does this also apply to basketball?
6 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Folsomguy 1/24/2022 5:45:40 PM (No. 1049662)
When I went there back in the mid 60's it had one of the top business, engineering and medical schools in the country. The loonies have taken over and I divested myself as much as possible.
4 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
moebellini3 1/24/2022 5:48:07 PM (No. 1049666)
So, I guess professional sports like the NBA and Pro Football are all racists. You see, the Washington University in St. Louis is really a mental institution housing the most liberal minds whose brains are the size of a freakin walnut.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
marbles 1/24/2022 6:01:57 PM (No. 1049673)
# 8 I too saw that commercial. 1000 years of slavery, in 4 parts. The narrators Vance and Angela Bassett are also the producers . And it's black history month.
2 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 1/24/2022 6:09:18 PM (No. 1049683)
Years ago, it used to be a good school.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
callmecrazy 1/24/2022 6:32:08 PM (No. 1049699)
We are racing to fulfill the prophesy of the movie Idiocracy.
4 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/24/2022 6:35:53 PM (No. 1049701)
Holy crap ! The article brought up Black History Month. It's almost here and I haven't got my decorations up yet. Where the heck did I put my inflatable Jess Jackson ?
7 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Newtsche 1/24/2022 6:41:14 PM (No. 1049703)
It's all good what with people of color being the Center of the Universe. Everyone knows that, right?
5 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/24/2022 6:41:44 PM (No. 1049705)
I’ve never understood why black people and other minorities aren’t insulted by this sort of rhetoric. It has gone way beyond Michael Gerson’s quote about the “soft bigotry of low expectations”. That bigotry is now granite hard and still minorities, especially blacks, are swallowing it whole.
8 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
skacmar 1/24/2022 6:45:47 PM (No. 1049709)
I noticed that the photos of the hosts of the "Professionalism is Racist" conference were dressed in a professional manner in their photos. Guess they have fallen victim to their white supremacist masters. Otherwise, I'm sure they would have been wearing pajamas, slippers, and do-rags in their photos. This conference will turn out to be the "how not to get hired after college" conference. Don't blame the dominant culture for "keeping you down". You are keeping yourself down. Live however you like but do not blame others for your poor lifestyle choices.
8 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 1/24/2022 6:58:40 PM (No. 1049721)
By all means, let's have more brutes and savages. Didn't realize wokeism is anti-civilization. Let's silence professionals! What a great idea!
4 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 1/24/2022 7:21:06 PM (No. 1049732)
So glad to be retired! I can’t imagine managing a staff of woke IT Project Managers! Now being a pro is racist? Wow!!!
2 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
MickTurn 1/24/2022 7:50:25 PM (No. 1049749)
Tell that to your affirmative action Doctor as he/she does surgery on you Marxists!
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
SycamoreHills 1/24/2022 8:39:15 PM (No. 1049785)
When you consider how much it cost to send your child to Washington University in St. Louis, which, by the way liked to call itself the "Harvard of the Midwest", it just underscores P. T. Barnum's observation that "there is a sucker born every minute"!!
Signed,
Embarassed Alumnus
4 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
padiva 1/24/2022 8:45:49 PM (No. 1049788)
I guess occupations that require a professional certificate are racist too.
Hair dresser
Real estate agent
CPA
plumber
electrician
Dentist/anything medical
engineer
etc.
3 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 1/24/2022 9:19:12 PM (No. 1049800)
Yep. Just like it is racist to arrive on time, make good grades, pay your bills and wash your hands. What a country.
2 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
chance_232 1/24/2022 9:22:27 PM (No. 1049802)
"Thats racist" has been a punchline for several years now. The only groups that take any of this seriously are college students, college administrators, journalists, white liberals and HR departments.
2 people like this.
Is Washington University in MO a Jesuit university? Just asking.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
leonardo 1/24/2022 10:27:54 PM (No. 1049839)
Need brain or cardiac surgery? Will you be choosing a Professional, or a “victim,” in whose hands you will place your life? Any race can achieve professional status (and many have done so). Those robbing trains or doing smash-and-grab theft have made the decision to remain victims. The “white” obsession by intentional under-performers is evidence that the victims are simply too lazy (or stupid) to put in the effort that it takes to excel at any endeavor. There are no white slave-owners and there is no systemic racism. Until the victims realize that they will remain victims controlled by puppeteers.
2 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
PChristopher 1/24/2022 11:25:47 PM (No. 1049856)
So is polite civilization racis', too?
3 people like this.
My local newly elected board member just showed up to be sworn in. She was wearing sneakers, jeans and a brightly colored top. Already I've lost confidence in her. If she could care less about her looks, how can I trust her about caring about my issues?
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
DVC 1/25/2022 2:49:27 AM (No. 1049900)
When EVERYTHING is deemed "racist"....then actually nothing is racist.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Trigger2 1/25/2022 4:16:57 AM (No. 1049932)
No, it's because they're too stupid and feral. Do you actually want more crime? More bending over for despots?
1 person likes this.
Reply 36 - Posted by:
mifla 1/25/2022 4:24:54 AM (No. 1049936)
Professionalism is racist, ok I will add....screw it, I am going to start listing what is not racist. Anyone got a post-it note that I can write on?
2 people like this.
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