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The vibe shift, end of "wokeness"?
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Helen Andrews | Overcoming the Feminization of Culture | NatCon 5
Controversial? Oh hell yeah...
But the facial expressions on the guy behind the speaker are a good reason to watch this all the way through, if nothing else
Controversial? Oh hell yeah...
But the facial expressions on the guy behind the speaker are a good reason to watch this all the way through, if nothing else
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Meanwhile in the UK, people are turning the government tools against it
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Well, ironically, that's a black mark on Brock and the others
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The party's over, or at least shifting, it seems...
Twenty of the top 25 TSX-listed Canadian firms explicitly advocate for DEI in their job postings, but there are signs that sanity is starting to return
When love dies, the ties that bind simply melt away. That’s the fate of the modern-day affair between western institutions and the virtue-imbued succubus of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
How bad is DEI? At the extremes, the recent case of Henry Nowak, a murder victim who was handcuffed in his dying moments by British police rather than resuscitated — pandering to the assailant’s false claims of racism — can be traced to pervasive DEI training in the United Kingdom’s College of Policing and to such clumsily worded guidance as “our commitment to racial equity … does not mean treating everyone ‘the same.’ ”
Across Canada, similarly myopic training and skewed hiring behaviours have become the norm in recent years, busily cultivating a nightmare future where box-checking supersedes talent and mastery. But there is still a glimmer of light at the end of the long DEI tunnel.
A new report by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy focuses on Canada’s private sector, highlighting how even our leading companies are almost uniformly frozen in lockstep with the DEI zealotry advocated by academics. But the report also reveals belated signs of a long-awaited thaw.
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Ranking Canada’s most ideological companies
Twenty of the top 25 TSX-listed Canadian firms explicitly advocate for DEI in their job postings, but there are signs that sanity is starting to return
When love dies, the ties that bind simply melt away. That’s the fate of the modern-day affair between western institutions and the virtue-imbued succubus of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
How bad is DEI? At the extremes, the recent case of Henry Nowak, a murder victim who was handcuffed in his dying moments by British police rather than resuscitated — pandering to the assailant’s false claims of racism — can be traced to pervasive DEI training in the United Kingdom’s College of Policing and to such clumsily worded guidance as “our commitment to racial equity … does not mean treating everyone ‘the same.’ ”
Across Canada, similarly myopic training and skewed hiring behaviours have become the norm in recent years, busily cultivating a nightmare future where box-checking supersedes talent and mastery. But there is still a glimmer of light at the end of the long DEI tunnel.
A new report by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy focuses on Canada’s private sector, highlighting how even our leading companies are almost uniformly frozen in lockstep with the DEI zealotry advocated by academics. But the report also reveals belated signs of a long-awaited thaw.
Ranking Canada's most ideological companies - Aristotle Foundation
Twenty of the top 25 TSX-listed Canadian firms explicitly advocate for DEI in their job postings, but there are signs that sanity is starting to return When love dies, the ties that bind simply melt away. That’s the fate of the modern-day affair between western institutions and the virtue-imbued...
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Woke is waning, but freedom isn't winning either...
The End of Woke:
How the Culture War Went Too Far and What to Expect from the Counter-Revolution
By Andrew Doyle
Constable, 560 pages, $27
Andrew Doyle begins his new book The End of Woke by expressing his hope that the book will one day become a compendium of historical curiosities that merely makes “a decent doorstop.” He’s partially right: Reading his catalogue of absurdities—the compulsory pronouns, the protest theater, the police knocking at the door to “check your thinking”—does give the distinct feel of being hung over and forced to recall the unseemly events of the night before. But while the enthusiasm of that moment has faded and certain of its excesses are being pared back, much of its legal backing remains in place.
Doyle’s book, which is written with wit and intelligence, makes another fact absolutely clear: Woke may be losing, but freedom hasn’t won. Society has not yet found its way back. If anything, we may find ourselves more lost than before. Doyle reminds us that liberalism did not triumph in the woke era, and it won’t again unless we realize that it needs defending.
Doyle’s central argument is simple but too often missed: “Wokeness is not an extension of liberalism; it is its opposite.” Woke movements cloaked themselves in the language of liberal tolerance, inclusion, and anti-racism. But this was only ever a ruse. Doyle mines a seemingly bottomless pit of examples to show that all the talk of decency and opposing bigotry was a smokescreen: Wokeness is distinguished specifically by its “authoritarian aspect.” It demanded not moral agreement, but ideological submission. I would go further: Wokeness is defined precisely by its antithesis to liberalism.
www.compactmag.com
The End of Woke:
How the Culture War Went Too Far and What to Expect from the Counter-Revolution
By Andrew Doyle
Constable, 560 pages, $27
Andrew Doyle begins his new book The End of Woke by expressing his hope that the book will one day become a compendium of historical curiosities that merely makes “a decent doorstop.” He’s partially right: Reading his catalogue of absurdities—the compulsory pronouns, the protest theater, the police knocking at the door to “check your thinking”—does give the distinct feel of being hung over and forced to recall the unseemly events of the night before. But while the enthusiasm of that moment has faded and certain of its excesses are being pared back, much of its legal backing remains in place.
Doyle’s book, which is written with wit and intelligence, makes another fact absolutely clear: Woke may be losing, but freedom hasn’t won. Society has not yet found its way back. If anything, we may find ourselves more lost than before. Doyle reminds us that liberalism did not triumph in the woke era, and it won’t again unless we realize that it needs defending.
Doyle’s central argument is simple but too often missed: “Wokeness is not an extension of liberalism; it is its opposite.” Woke movements cloaked themselves in the language of liberal tolerance, inclusion, and anti-racism. But this was only ever a ruse. Doyle mines a seemingly bottomless pit of examples to show that all the talk of decency and opposing bigotry was a smokescreen: Wokeness is distinguished specifically by its “authoritarian aspect.” It demanded not moral agreement, but ideological submission. I would go further: Wokeness is defined precisely by its antithesis to liberalism.
Woke Lost, but Freedom Didn’t Win
Andrew Doyle begins his new book The End of Woke by expressing his hope that the book will one day become a compendium of historical curiosities that merely makes “a decent doorstop.”
www.compactmag.com
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Under new management - sorry
Uyghur group asks Canada to go beyond 'vague' response to China ethnic-unity law
Uyghur group asks Canada to go beyond 'vague' response to China ethnic-unity law
we are becoming pragmatic with no standards just goalsUnder new management - sorry
Uyghur group asks Canada to go beyond 'vague' response to China ethnic-unity law
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The Uyghur don't have anything to offer us we can't buy on Etsy or Temu.
One of those situations where we have to decide how many dollars and jobs that principle is worth. It was easy to be more loudly principled when the U.S. was not economically belligerent. I don’t like it, but them’s the facts as I can see them.
which reply simply substantiates what I wrote. They aren't worth taking a stand. Sometimes I am ashamed of calling myself a Canadian.
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Thankfully Canadians are realizing woke posturing doesn't pay the bills. Getting rid of it under a red banner means Canadians who made it their identity for 10 years will be more agreeable to it going away.
We're still going to deal with people like the Uyghurs and Taiwanese coming to us asking about our promises for a couple years, we just need to be firm and not try to placate them.
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Woke capitalism... it's a thing, but don't try to fake it
In a War on ‘Woke Capitalism,’ What’s a Good Company to Do?
My own research finds that companies that lead social change do not make a business case for every action they take, contemplate the risk/rewards of everything they do, or speak out solely for the sake of reputation. Instead, they turn to their animating purpose, core beliefs and values, and sense of right versus wrong to guide them. Listen to what Disney’s Iger told his employees: “How we actually change the world through the good must continue. We’re not going to make everyone happy all the time, and we’re not going to try. We’re certainly not going to lessen our core values in order to make everyone happy all the time.”
In a War on ‘Woke Capitalism,’ What’s a Good Company to Do? (SSIR)
What strategic organizations can learn from Disney and Bud Light.
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Not a great look, all round ...
Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor in the University of Cambridge’s 817-year history, is dead. But the intense public debate over his life and work, and what it means for a society grappling with multiculturalism, is continuing – perhaps even more furiously.
Arday’s death, on Friday aged 41, followed mounting pressure from the UK and international media probing every aspect of his life. The questioning spanned everything from his academic record, to claims he was mute until he was 11 and even his athleticism following his claim that he once ran 30 marathons in 35 days.
His family blames a “campaign of sustained abuse” – one they say began the day he was appointed as a professor at Cambridge in February 2023– for his death. They suggested those angered by suggestions his was a case of over-promotion “would leave no stone unturned in their quest to undermine him.”
Others have gone further, calling the unrelenting interest in Arday “a pernicious public shaming” (London Mayor Sadiq Khan) and “a racist witch hunt” (Weyman Bennett, of Stand Up to Racism).
Arday’s story has dominated headlines, with coverage spanning the political spectrum – and leaders from Prime Minister Andy Burnham down pressed for their opinions.
Burnham, who has been in the top job for less than a month, said Arday’s death was “a tragedy on so many levels” and called for a “moment for reflection.”
That moment has yet to come.
How Jason Arday became a DEI “lightning rod”
Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor in the University of Cambridge’s 817-year history, is dead. But the intense public debate over his life and work, and what it means for a society grappling with multiculturalism, is continuing – perhaps even more furiously.
Arday’s death, on Friday aged 41, followed mounting pressure from the UK and international media probing every aspect of his life. The questioning spanned everything from his academic record, to claims he was mute until he was 11 and even his athleticism following his claim that he once ran 30 marathons in 35 days.
His family blames a “campaign of sustained abuse” – one they say began the day he was appointed as a professor at Cambridge in February 2023
Others have gone further, calling the unrelenting interest in Arday “a pernicious public shaming” (London Mayor Sadiq Khan) and “a racist witch hunt” (Weyman Bennett, of Stand Up to Racism).
Arday’s story has dominated headlines, with coverage spanning the political spectrum – and leaders from Prime Minister Andy Burnham down pressed for their opinions.
Burnham, who has been in the top job for less than a month, said Arday’s death was “a tragedy on so many levels” and called for a “moment for reflection.”
That moment has yet to come.
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