We organised some compulsory EO awareness training for all our senior
managers and some groups, again by default, were all-white, male groups.
The external trainers were a black woman and a white man with an unseen
disability. The reports I recieved back from them were pretty horrifying
- the trainers said that there was a level of comfort amongst the
participants that their own prejudices were shared by the rest of the
group. This meant that even though there was a black person in the room
- the trainer herself - it didn't stop them from making racist
assumptions and remarks. They were often unintentional but provided
ample evidence of the lack of awareness and sensitivity and a degree of
ignorance amongst the most senior managers.
I think things have improved since then (this was in 1995/6) but I
wouldn't say it has been eradicated.
Kate Tuck
Equal Opportunities/Personnel Officer
University of Strathclyde
McCance Building
16 Richmond Street
Glasgow
G1 1XQ
0141-548-4457 (tel)
0141-553-2447 (fax)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gam1 [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 18 August 1999 08:44
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: EO training for male white managers
>
> This may sound a rather strange request but has anybody done any eo
> training with male white managers. I know the definition sounds sexist
> and racist but I when I worked in local govt with the police & fire
> services such groups were the norm by accident & the dynamics of such
> a
> group were really very revealing (no doubt the fact that I am a white
> male is part of the process).
> Ged
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