{"id":5347,"date":"2020-07-14T22:40:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T01:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2020-07-14T22:40:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T01:40:56","slug":"yes-the-collective-anti-blackness-stupidity-is-hitting-the-canadian-private-sector-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/07\/14\/yes-the-collective-anti-blackness-stupidity-is-hitting-the-canadian-private-sector-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, the collective \u201canti-blackness\u201d stupidity is hitting the Canadian private sector now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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First, here is an article in the CBC entitled \u201cCanadian business\nleaders launch national initiative to fight anti-Black systemic racism<\/em>\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/anti-racism-bay-st-1.5647583<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, here is the organization mentioned in it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.blacknorth.ca\/Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cBlackNorth Initiative\u201d: The Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti-Black Systemic Racism is inviting senior leaders from the top 250 TSX companies, over 100 of the biggest private businesses in Canada, major banks, insurance companies, international companies who have a significant presence in Canada, and the largest asset managers and institutional investors in the nation, to take part in the inaugural BlackNorth Initiative Summit<\/a> to be held virtually on July 20, 2020<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the summit, leaders will be asked to\nsign a CEO Pledge and deliver a statement regarding what their organization\nwill do to combat the issue and to make our society at large free from\nanti-Black systemic racism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look at the pledge below— Bambi will reply to each point\n(see the bold lines).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BlackNorth Initiative CEO Pledge, available online, asks CEOs to commit to seven goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. We will increase our efforts to make our workplaces trusting places to have complex, and sometimes difficult conversations about anti-Black systemic racism and ensure that no barriers exist to prevent Black employees from advancing within the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is this BS? Who invented it and where does it come from? Companies are supposed to be about excellence and productivity, not about ideologies. If a company\u2019s values are based on respect and a commitment to merit, there is no need for this. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, <\/strong>this point seems condescending to the so-called \u201cblack employees\u201d (or BIPOC, as they say on their website. As a reminder, BIPOC is a category where Bambi is supposed to fit and, as a deer, she is too free to limit herself to any trendy acronym!).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. We will implement or expand unconscious bias and anti-racism education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, \u201cunconscious bias\u201d\u2026 the same trendy language that Mr. Trudeau, Prince Harry, spouse Megan Markle, and her Hollywood peers use ?. \u00a0Another word \u201canti-racism\u201d, wow a new invention of our times. Bambi is writing this and she has in front of her eyes her older guitar, brought from Lebanon whilst escaping\u2026 on it there is a large pin \u201cstop racism\u201d. She has it since age 17 (either from Beirut or Montreal, she cannot recall). What does anti-racism education really mean in the workplace? Why are we spending money and time for all this BS in the private sector?! So odd! Had Bambi been running a private company, she would never ever participate in such collective insanity. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. We will share best\u2014and unsuccessful\u2014practices to ensure all companies have access to the programs and strategies needed to achieve true diversity and inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

? or \u2639. “True diversity and inclusion”. Too funny!! Hilarious! Sometimes Bambi feels like sending all these people for training to the Middle East or to former communist countries in order to learn what not do in life with all these trendy causes. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respect of all human beings should be our value # 1 in any relationship, including working relations. A commitment to respect and merit, period<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. We will create and share strategic inclusion and diversity plans with our board of directors. We will establish at least one diversity leadership council and make efforts to ensure these groups include diverse representation, including senior Black leaders, within our organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? It does not make any common sense. Again, commitment must be to excellence, period. Our skin colour or body form or whatever other feature is secondary. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. We will ensure that Black communities across Canada are aware of opportunities of employment within our organization and that employment opportunities are set aside for Black people, including committing to specific hiring goals of at least 5% within our student workforce from the Black community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO and NO! Do not do Lebanon\u2019s tragic sectarian quota mistakes! Again, a commitment to merit only, not even to gender in Bambi\u2019s own company ?.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. As a numeric goal provides real impetus for change, we have made a goal of, at a minimum, 3.5% of executive and board roles based in Canada being held by Black leaders by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ha! Ha! Ha!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. We will set inclusive talent management goals and include them in senior executives\u2019 annual performance scorecards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

? or \u2639.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies\nthat sign the pledge will also be expected to track their progress and share\ntheir results publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Canadian companies are as stupid as our\ncurrent PM, they may sign. Let\u2019s hope they have higher ethical standards\nthough!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, here is an article in the CBC entitled \u201cCanadian business leaders launch national initiative to fight anti-Black systemic racism\u201d: https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/anti-racism-bay-st-1.5647583 Second, here is the organization mentioned in it: https:\/\/www.blacknorth.ca\/Home The \u201cBlackNorth Initiative\u201d: The Canadian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5350,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions\/5350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}