In a thread about “Dude Needs To Be Cancelled” (posted at 1:37 pm eastern), the excitable Vic Lizzy posted the following with a straight face: “Who’s saying it’s not okay to be white? There’s no significant groundswell of that sentiment. Calling out racism is not the same as being anti-white.”
An hour later Bobby Peru set him straight.
Peru: “Actually, there sort of is [a significant groundswell of that sentiment].
“I work for a large global firm and at least three times this week I heard the phrase ‘white male’ used in a dismissive and derogatory way. This was with respect to suggestions of antiquated leadership, exec team makeups of the past, “traditional” behaviors that need to be eradicated, etc.
“We had a work dinner this week with our CEO, who is a white woman, and she talked on and on about our recruiting efforts, and how we would not be focusing on white males. This type of discourse is considered to be politically correct, and progressive, and she is a huge advocate for diversity.
‘At this point in time there seems to be no distinction between vaulting diversity up as an important initiative and the takedown of white male leadership. A very common refrain over and over is this notion that we need to move past the ‘white male’ leaders of yesterday. Every time this is said everyone nods in agreement, even the white male leaders.”