LinkedIn Yanks ‘Be Less White’ Diversity Training Lesson Following Intense Backlash

LinkedIn has removed a training seminar from its site that encouraged attendees to “be less white.” . . .

A description of the course promised attendees that the training “gives you the vocabulary and practices you need to start confronting racism and unconscious bias at the individual level and throughout your organization. There’s no magic recipe for building an inclusive workplace. It’s a process that needs to involve people of color, and that needs to go on for as long as your company’s in business. But with these tools at your disposal, you’ll be well on your way.”

Elsewhere in the webinar, white participants were encouraged to be “less white, less arrogant, less certain, less defensive, less ignorant, and more humble.” . . .

Earlier this week, LinkedIn announced that it would no longer host the webinar on its site.

Nicole Leverich, vice president of corporate communications at LinkedIn, told Newsweek in a statement that the site provides a “wide variety of learning content, including more than 270 courses on the topic of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.” (Read more from “LinkedIn Yanks ‘Be Less White’ Diversity Training Lesson Following Intense Backlash” HERE)

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