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On Forbes, an Anti-racism Trainer Admits I’m Right: Anti-racism Has Been Ineffective
One of Forbes’ senior contributors, Janice Gassam Asare, begins What People Misunderstand About Anti-Racism Training with this sentence:
“A recently published Medium article by Comrade Morlock explored why anti-racism training is ineffective.”
She insists the criticism I’ve shared only applies to the older model of anti-racism training:
“In the Medium article, Comrade Morlock argues that anti-racism training is ineffective but there is an important distinction that must be made. A wealth of evidence has assessed diversity and inclusion (D&I) training, and not anti-racism training. The murder of George Floyd caused a spike in interest in anti-racism training, but much of the research has examined diversity training in general and not anti-racism training specifically. Anti-racism training is a newer and more niche type of education that organizations are investing in. There is not enough evidence yet to assess the effectiveness of this type of training long-term, since it is still quite novel.”
I agree with those facts: The old approach failed there’s no evidence that the new approach will do any better. I do not share her optimism for the new approach because of her second admission:
