I am not sure of the true definition of Woke so don’t get upset. What I mean by this post is I feel like we are walking on thin ice all the time. The other day we had an hour long meeting because someone was offended for addressing a group of people as “guys”. As in, “hey you guys” or “thanks guys”. There was ZERO intent for the addresser to inflict harm or isolate a group of individuals but rather used a generic term which has an ordinary meeting and colloquial inception of “you all”. Yet, we live in a society where you need to watch every step you take. I can’t help but think this will eventually alienate productivity and slow progression when we are more focused on a micro aggression culture of trying to cancel others. I can careless what someone wants to identify as or what makes them happy. I do care when it’s forced upon me and it slows down my work. For an analogy, if you are X religion, you wouldn’t like Z religion being forced on you. You can acknowledge it, respect their beliefs but imagine if you were forced to abide and practice/belief that religion has bc not doing so would offend Z religion. #society
It’s not a big conspiracy. Companies don’t want to be sued so they’ll do whatever it takes to cover. If that’s an hour meeting over “you guys” it’s not the company becoming woke, it’s the company being careful that it can’t be accused of creating a hostile environment. If someone complains, they have to address it to be safe. It’s not going to change and it’s not some weird cultural shift of your company.
And yet basically no company has any covid precautions anymore? Hurt someone's fee fees? Lawsuit! Potentially literally kill or disable someone with a preventable illness because you can't be assed with basic precautions? Oopsie.
Just pretend you care and keep making money 💴
Correct, if all you have to do to keep getting good $$$ is comply with some words, just do it.
You are delusional if you think it is just verbal compliance. That is how it starts. And before you know it, you are slow boiled into doing things you never could have imagined doing
You caring less = not respecting others' beliefs and feelings. People working in an environment that doesnt protect them also slows down productivity and progression. If you took ownership of doing better individually and helping others navigate and listened and were open to feedback you'd likely create a collaborative and productive environment. But this attitude is the problem. It's inconvenient for you so much to say Hey All or Hello Everyone... etc. And working on addressing everyone equally that you're wasting work productive time here on Blind complaining. What if you put the same effort into treating others respectfully at work as you did actual work. Then maybe you'd be more productive. In the workplace you have to make adjustments. And having a meeting to make sure everyone is on the same page as to how/why "hey guys" could be hurtful/destructive in an environment is step 1. Coming together and deciding on how to proceed as a group is important. Taking accountability if you mess up is the next step. Acknowledge and make a better effort each day until its no effort at all. It's something like 72 days to make/break habits. Minimal effort and minimal time to create a better environment for someone else. Do better as a human.
Well for the record. I’m not the person this was against. I say “hi all” I may not like it but I play the part like an Oscar winning actor. I’m just saying it’s a slippery slope if every word is dissected into micro aggressions when the intent was never there. Also, I don’t know what you mean by these people don’t feel protected. Pretty sure they are the most protected out of anyone right now. One wrong word = cancelled so yeah…
It cuts both ways. You making people play along with make-believe in a professional environment = not respecting others' beliefs and feelings. If simply being called "guys" or "gals" is triggering to the point where it impacts productivity and progression, maybe, just maybe these people need to get help rather than being coddled.
In my opinion we need to get people out of their comfort zone so that they use respectful language but we also need to be understanding and realistic that change like this will take time and that there are various degrees of disrespect. People should not feel scared to speak. Too aggressive and there will be backlash and other negative consequences. Respect needs to go both ways.. But what do I know. To answer the original question, this is not synonymous with woke. Cancel culture is the term and it comes from woke and ignorant alike.. the most vocal that are woke do come across as authoritarian, but so do the proudly ignorant.
No, this is no what woke us. Please stop using it if you don’t know what it means
You don't need to intend to cause harm to face consequences for inflicting harm. For example, if you drive drunk and kill someone, despite only intending to drive home safely, you still get punished. Extreme example for the sake of clarity, but I'm just demonstrating the point.
This is a poor analogy. Driving drunk is against the law and people know it’s illegal. There is no law or rule against saying “thanks guys” so it’s not the same
No, this is comparing a written law that is punishable by a prosecutor sending you to jail. Not the same. Educate yourself
The whole “woke” concept is just dumb. If you think about it it simply means conscious or aware. Idiots like Ron DeSantis think they are being clever and really zinging Democrats when really they just sound like idiots with no understanding of the English language. The opposite of awake or “woke” for short is asleep or unconscious. Makes zero sense. And I say hey guys all the time. To women. To my kids. To old people and young people. I have never once heard any complaint or objection. This really isn’t that difficult. People just make it so. If someone is dressed like a woman and grooms themselves as a women they should be called her or she. Same if they dress like a man and groom themselves are a man they should be called he. If you aren’t sure you can ask. People with a preferred pronoun including they will appreciate it. Otherwise live and let live and don’t worry about it. And if by chance you get it wrong simply apologize and use their preferred pronoun the next time. It’s not a big deal. You got this.
I’ll be sure to keep that in mind when someone tells me they are two spirited and identify as a hippo
> used a generic term which has an ordinary meeting and colloquial inception of “you all” So how many guys have you guys dated?
English language can be tough
100% agree. I am constantly watching what I’m saying so I don’t offend. I use to say hey guys. Now I’m saying hey y’all. Sometimes I just don’t say anything because people will come after you with pitchforks for not agreeing with the left.