A NEW PLAN TO FORCE “WOKENESS”
Welcome to the Municipal Equality Index (MEI)
Most of us have heard about social credit systems, like the CCP implemented in China where you gain/lose points by complying with government mandates, behaviors and ways of thinking. So far, the US hasn’t tried to push us into something similar, though Covid lockdowns were really e a test case. (Even in Blue states, many of us ignored whatever we could get away with, socializing as we wished, masking only when absolutely required).
But don’t think they’ve given up on this idea. There is now an “index” that is being used to force cities to go “woke.” They began by creating the Corporate Equality Index (CEI), invented by the left-wing Human Rights Campaign (HRC). They were the group that pushed many corporations to at least virtue-signal wokeness. Too many employees were forced to undergo training that had little to do with their job skills. The idea was indoctrination or “brain washing.” The CEI was first published in 2002 (big surprise to me that it happened that long ago) and had a 100-point scale designed to measure the “inclusivity” of a company. Over time, it was changed to push compliance with DIE (diversity, inclusion and equity) as well as pushing LGBT… ideology. This includes pushing for transgender rights as well as visibly employing transgender individuals. If you hear people saying their pronouns, this is where it came from.
It seems as if companies that have poor CEI scores don’t attract the top candidates from universities, as the campuses publicize company scores to their students. Financial firms, like Blackwater, made a big deal of these scores, making it difficult to get investors and venture capitalists to support companies that didn’t make a big show of their compliance. This all ties into the ESG movement. HRC was then able to push a lot of programs and behaviors on companies who were afraid not to go along. Extortion racket, anyone?
But they weren’t done.
The Municipal Equality Index (MEI)
The idea behind the MEI is to force city governments to implement woke policies. Beginning in 2011, cities lose points if they have restrooms designated for men or women. You get points if city employees get transgender-inclusive healthcare benefits, aka sex changes funded by taxpayer money. More points come in if you ban “conversion therapy,” which is a poor name for therapy designed to help youth who are confused and are considering changing sexes as a way of coping with teen angst. If the city mandates LGBTQ-inclusive training for their staff, they get more points.
Cities are encouraged to break city or state laws if they conflict with LGBT ideology. This is aimed at Red states where laws have been passed to protect women, such as having women-only bathrooms, changing rooms and prisons. In addition, more and more people are being charged with felony hate crimes for such things as defacing a gay pride flag. These same cities refuse to prosecute violent criminals (unless they are Caucasians), mostly because they are protecting minority crooks so the numbers look good.
Why is this more dangerous? Companies can make their own decisions on where to take these policies…and reap the rewards or suffer punishment for making a decision unpopular with the public. Bud Light and Target know this for sure; they went too far and the backlash was quite costly.
But cities are different. We don’t get to explicitly support or shun our city government. There are no consequences if a city goes too far in trying to get a good MEI score, even as many people may be hurt by the radical progressivism that ensues. Voters need to know this. It’s another sneaky, dastardly way the Left is sitting on the scales of justice, taking away the people’s right to decide how they wish to be governed.
Thanks to Andrew Shirley, AMAC Newsline columnist and for sharing this information. Watch for it in your city and take action with your votes. Most of us have heard about social credit systems, like the CCP implemented in China where you gain/lose points by complying with government mandates, behaviors and ways of thinking. So far, the US hasn’t tried to push us into something similar, though Covid lockdowns were really e a test case. (Even in Blue states, many of us ignored whatever we could get away with, socializing as we wished, masking only when absolutely required).
But don’t think they’ve given up on this idea. There is now an “index” that is being used to force cities to go “woke.” They began by creating the Corporate Equality Index (CEI), invented by the left-wing Human Rights Campaign (HRC). They were the group that pushed many corporations to at least virtue-signal wokeness. Too many employees were forced to undergo training that had little to do with their job skills. The idea was indoctrination or “brain washing.” The CEI was first published in 2002 (big surprise to me that it happened that long ago) and had a 100-point scale designed to measure the “inclusivity” of a company. Over time, it was changed to push compliance with DIE (diversity, inclusion and equity) as well as pushing LGBT… ideology. This includes pushing for transgender rights as well as visibly employing transgender individuals. If you hear people saying their pronouns, this is where it came from.
It seems as if companies that have poor CEI scores don’t attract the top candidates from universities, as the campuses publicize company scores to their students. Financial firms, like Blackwater, made a big deal of these scores, making it difficult to get investors and venture capitalists to support companies that didn’t make a big show of their compliance. This all ties into the ESG movement. HRC was then able to push a lot of programs and behaviors on companies who were afraid not to go along. Extortion racket, anyone?
But they weren’t done.
The Municipal Equality Index (MEI)
The idea behind the MEI is to force city governments to implement woke policies. Beginning in 2011, cities lose points if they have restrooms designated for men or women. You get points if city employees get transgender-inclusive healthcare benefits, aka sex changes funded by taxpayer money. More points come in if you ban “conversion therapy,” which is a poor name for therapy designed to help youth who are confused and are considering changing sexes as a way of coping with teen angst. If the city mandates LGBTQ-inclusive training for their staff, they get more points.
Cities are encouraged to break city or state laws if they conflict with LGBT ideology. This is aimed at Red states where laws have been passed to protect women, such as having women-only bathrooms, changing rooms and prisons. In addition, more and more people are being charged with felony hate crimes for such things as defacing a gay pride flag. These same cities refuse to prosecute violent criminals (unless they are Caucasians), mostly because they are protecting minority crooks so the numbers look good.
Why is this more dangerous? Companies can make their own decisions on where to take these policies…and reap the rewards or suffer punishment for making a decision unpopular with the public. Bud Light and Target know this for sure; they went too far and the backlash was quite costly.
But cities are different. We don’t get to explicitly support or shun our city government. There are no consequences if a city goes too far in trying to get a good MEI score, even as many people may be hurt by the radical progressivism that ensues. Voters need to know this. It’s another sneaky, dastardly way the Left is sitting on the scales of justice, taking away the people’s right to decide how they wish to be governed.
Thanks to Andrew Shirley, AMAC Newsline columnist and
for sharing this information. Watch for it in your city and take action with your votes.
Can only imagine where their funding comes from.