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-Great Cultural Revolution
Home Depot Tells Its Staff They're White-Privileged Oppressors and Marginalized Victims
2022-03-25
[Red State] There’s a place where privilege reigns supreme, where some suffer while others royally rule. It’s a realm of radical difference, a dimension of dreadful disparity.

If you dare stare into the frightful face of inequity, look no further than the pernicious prince-and-pauper paradigm of The Home Depot.

I’m speaking of the store’s staff.

You’ve no doubt noticed it — while on the prowl for the perfect piece of PVC pipe or a sexy pirate yard ornament, you couldn’t help but observe the vast array of social ladder rungs represented by the viceroys and victims in orange aprons.

Thankfully, the home improvement chain recently attempted to reshuffle society’s deck.

Twitter account Libs of Tik Tok posted a Home Depot employee worksheet called "Unpacking Privilege."

The "P" word is defined as "a special benefit or advantage that may be earned or unearned."

"A person may or may not be aware that they are benefitting from privilege," the handout states.

Those leading do-it-yourselfers to a two-pound bag of bat guano or an econo-size container of coyote urine should be versed in privilege of two types:
Posted by:Besoeker

#20  That there is such a department.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-03-25 17:07  

#19  Check out the Home Peephole diversity webpage
Posted by: Woodrow   2022-03-25 17:04  

#18  A spokeswoman from Home Depot’s US headquarters confirmed to The Post that the white privilege notice was material from its Canadian division. She said it hadn’t been approved by the company’s diversity and inclusion department. The flyer had a Home Depot logo at the top.


"Diversity and inclusion department"?
Oh hell yes it was approved.
Posted by: Woodrow   2022-03-25 17:03  

#17  ...get that motto, Arbeit macht frei, over their door entrances too.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-03-25 15:30  

#16  Perhaps it's time for a store retro-image makeover.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-03-25 14:40  

#15  They could progress to making customers walk up to a plastic negro and apologize for their privilege during billing.
Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh   2022-03-25 14:35  

#14  Wow. Sitting in a HVAC office dreaming up ways to make box humpers feel bad.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-03-25 14:27  

#13  Hostile Work Environmentâ„¢
Posted by: Frank G   2022-03-25 12:41  

#12  I wonder what percentage of their customers are white? I'm with NN2N1, you also get better service at the local yards. You're better off not even asking 90% of their staff a question about anything.
Posted by: Chris   2022-03-25 11:54  

#11  This is especially annoying is Home Depot customers are workers not privileged elites. I'd sell their stock if I had any.
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-03-25 11:51  

#10  If they're working at Home Depot they are NOT privileged.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-03-25 11:51  

#9  sexy pirate yard ornament

I've been thinking of getting a concrete Jesus and painting him to look like he's wearing a black leather vest and shades. Cool Jesus.

The biker community down here could relate. I'd imagine Jesus could too.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-03-25 10:41  

#8  Seems the CA higher education establishment and the Ivy League already classify Asians as privileged. The effect seem counter to 'their' people.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-03-25 10:26  

#7  /\ The "privileged" meme is obviously very destructive to the gov't and military structures. It's a highly effective propaganda tool for the Chinese. Using the private sector (Chinese box stores) venue to assist with dissemination is a good play.

Other excellent Chinese plays we have seen in the past, and continue to suffer are the infiltration of academia and S&T.

But perhaps I am wrong. Trends surfacing at Box Stores, academia, Science and Technology, and pro-China attitudes within the Beltway could simply be amazing coincidences.

Posted by: Besoeker   2022-03-25 10:20  

#6  At first, I thought maybe this was the Bee's satire. My second thought was that Alex Parker (if that's a real person) was overly-focused on wokeness and whiteness in his articles. I never thought HD employees were "white-privileged oppressors." They were helpful and friendly.

I'm going with #1's assessment--Red China propaganda at work via Tik Tok. I saw a recent Tik Tok ad featuring a cute girl of about 15 with perfect features and clothing. At the time I thought maybe she was a cyborg.
Posted by: JohnQC   2022-03-25 09:52  

#5  
BTW: It appears NOT 1 Asian or Hispanic Male is a Board Member ☺.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-03-25 08:24  

#4  The "P" word is defined as "a special benefit or advantage that may be earned or unearned."

Management might want to think really hard on that one. 'Privilege' will become the new term to denounce anyone to include themselves.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-03-25 08:19  

#3  sexy pirate yard ornament
?? Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Posted by: Vespasian Omereque5237   2022-03-25 08:17  

#2  Scratch H.D. off the consumer list for a few months.

There still is "84 Lumber" and a bunch of local Wholesalers. Surprisingly many local companies have competing lumber prices.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-03-25 08:12  

#1  Social Justice manufactured in China.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-03-25 04:16  

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