The Leftist hunger to find racism everywhere

Now you have to be trained to see it!  Some nonsense from Australia

ANTI-racism “training” being used by schools, universities and other organisations has been labelled patronising and divisive.

Say No to Racism workshops are being rolled out to encourage people to take “safe and constructive” action against racism.

The training involves putting participants in realistic situations “with the opportunity to experience and overcome the barriers to intervention” while learning the “tools and language” needed for safe intervention.

Workshop facilitators promise that after training is completed participants will be able “to understand the individual and ambiguous nature of everyday and casual forms of racism”.

“(They will) recognise the potential of bystander action in creating anti-racist social norms,” they said.

Devised by the City of Darebin, the Say No to Racism project was initially funded by a $50,000 grant from the Federal Government’s Diversity and Social Cohesion program.

The council was given the taxpayer dollars “to address the lack of response by the general public to racist incidents”.

Workshops were due to be held this month at places including Monash University and Bendigo Senior Secondary College.

A Monash staff member, who requested anonymity, was concerned with the assumption that racism existed in every “nook and cranny” and that people had to be trained to see it.

“The great contradiction is that if we are such a racist and intolerant society why are we such a popular destination for people from all over the world,” the staff member said.

Swinburne adjunct professor of sociology Katherine Betts said an overemphasis on other people’s backgrounds through such training could inhibit normal interaction.

“It could discourage making friends with people from different ethnic backgrounds,” she said.

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