Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Diversity Day
Today we had diversity training at my office. It was the most amazing thing ever. First of all, lunch was the pasta bar, which is quite frankly the best thing anyone does around here, and I include in that all the various Supreme Court victories and billion dollar verdicts. Second, we got to play a card game that had Many Important Implications About our Fears and Prejudices in the America of Today, which certainly isn't the case with, say, circle of death or go fish. Then they had us watch a video with seventies production values and fashions, and we all talked about our feelings about the video while people who called themselves "facilitators" said things like "your opinion is valid" and "we all hear you." Plus they had those badass scented markers your mother would never buy you in second grade! Mine smelled like mint, though it did not taste that way.
The only real drawback was that it was all white people in the room. They explained how diversity can include things like the country your wealthy ancestors left several hundred years ago to start a cotton plantation or your taste in television programs, though.
Overall, I guess I'm just relieved to know that we can erase racism in only four hours. That's only half the time it takes to learn how to use our computers!
Today we had diversity training at my office. It was the most amazing thing ever. First of all, lunch was the pasta bar, which is quite frankly the best thing anyone does around here, and I include in that all the various Supreme Court victories and billion dollar verdicts. Second, we got to play a card game that had Many Important Implications About our Fears and Prejudices in the America of Today, which certainly isn't the case with, say, circle of death or go fish. Then they had us watch a video with seventies production values and fashions, and we all talked about our feelings about the video while people who called themselves "facilitators" said things like "your opinion is valid" and "we all hear you." Plus they had those badass scented markers your mother would never buy you in second grade! Mine smelled like mint, though it did not taste that way.
The only real drawback was that it was all white people in the room. They explained how diversity can include things like the country your wealthy ancestors left several hundred years ago to start a cotton plantation or your taste in television programs, though.
Overall, I guess I'm just relieved to know that we can erase racism in only four hours. That's only half the time it takes to learn how to use our computers!
