The Seattle Fire Department is requiring firefighters looking to advance to fire lieutenants to learn curriculum from social justice activists and books that espouse woke ideology. The Seattle Department of Human Res fire lieutenant test features books from several prominent progressive authors, such as critical race theory author Ibram X. Kendi. The required reading tested on by the SDHR to become a fire lieutenant includes controversial woke books, including the entirety of Kendi’s “How to be an Antiracist” as well as its introduction and acknowledgments. Prospective fire lieutenants are also tested on books such as “Both Sides of the Fire Lane: Memoirs of a Transgender Firefighter” and “A Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias and Fighting Fire”.
As mentioned in a news article on a recent report by the Washington Free Beacon, Seattle firefighters looking to advance in their careers to become fire lieutenants are being required to learn curriculum from social justice activists and books that espouse woke ideology. The Seattle Department of Human Res (SDHR) fire lieutenant test features books from several prominent progressive authors, such as critical race theory (CRT) author Ibram X. Kendi.
The required reading tested on by the SDHR to become a fire lieutenant includes controversial woke books, including the entirety of Kendi’s “How to be an Antiracist” as well as its introduction and acknowledgments. Prospective fire lieutenants are also tested on the entirety of “Both Sides of the Fire Lane: Memoirs of a Transgender Firefighter” by Bobbie Scopa, As mentioned in a news article on the exam bibliography obtained by the Free Beacon, as well as the 800-page memoir “A Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias and Fighting Fire” by a female firefighter.
It isn’t just the firehouse brass being tested on woke ideology — fireboat engineers in Seattle are being tested on Robin DiAngelo’s book “Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education” as well as handouts covering “structural interplay between all oppressions.”
Retired Seattle firefighter Wayne Johnson told the Free Beacon this “stuff has nothing to do with firefighting.” “It has everything to do with social engineering,” Johnson said.
This move by the Seattle Fire Department to incorporate woke ideology in their curriculum comes as corporations are facing backlash for doing the same. Critics argue that this type of training is divisive and can lead to a toxic work environment.
However, proponents of this type of training argue that it is necessary to address systemic racism and other forms of oppression that exist within society. They argue that by addressing these issues, it will lead to a more inclusive and equitable workplace.
Regardless of where one stands on this issue, it is clear that there is a growing divide in our society over the role of woke ideology in the workplace. As more and more companies and organizations incorporate this type of training, it will be interesting to see how it plays out in the long run.
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