CLOTHING THEIR BIGOTRY IN THE GARB OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

For thousands of years the purveyor of bigotry always found some justification for spewing their hatred. For instance religious zealots used the Bible, nationalism came in handy for expelling " unwanted ethnic groups", a few have declared it is for the good of our country to say such things. Let us not forget endemic racism towards blacks was deemed necessary " in order to raise the barbaric nature of Africans" i.e. civilize them. Always will the oppressor seek clothing their bigotry in the garb of righteousness. For purposes of this discussion bigotry is defined in the dictionary as " the attitude, state of mind, or behavior characteristic of a bigot ; intolerance." And a bigot tends to be - historically speaking- intolerant of people, customs, language or gender. In contemporary society there is a parallel to the term bigotry to be found at Connecticut Juvenile Training School / Department of Children and Families.

At CJTS for instance a number of incidents have occurred where the hierarchical white management refused to address complaints of black employees. What I mean is this, white management paid lip service to complaints but really ignored them. People ask why is it management continues to trumpet trying to rehabilitate youthful offenders but treats employees of color with disdain? The tone deaf attitude of CJTS management toward employees is no anomaly; it is rooted in Americanism that has always clothed itself in bigotry ... then covered it with a fine layer of righteousness. CJTS constantly sends out social media releases which show that agencey in a good light, helping incarcerated youth get back on the right track. Also CJTS has in the past put up smoke screens to confuse outsiders, e.g. a few years ago a Diversity Action Team came into existence. DATsupposedly was a vehicle for promoting diversity on CJTS property. In reality DAT promoted a few ethnic dinners, put up posters of culturally famous people and sent out e-mails about the success of DAT. Well, DAT has faded away like the morning dew when touched by sunlight. All CJTS sought to accomplish was being seen clothed in the garb of righteousness.

Yet while all this visible bait and switch went on, five employees of color filed a class action lawsuit against CJTS, the media reported about several incidents, one employee went on a hunger strike in protest of racism. A white female employee on several occasions called incarcerated youth at CJTS porch monkeys, petitions are sent to Govenor Dannel Malloy & CJTS Superintendent William Rosenbeck, et al. about racism within CJTS / DCF. None of the above mentioned issues were addressed in a meaniful fashion. All issues of racism have been explained away or ignored by white management. Can CJTS / DCF explain why 66% of all disciplinary actions are aimed at black males??

The picture CJTS / DCF presents to the world of a harmonious employee workforce is fictitious. There are festering racial issues threatening to erupt like a volcano.
Perhaps the day will come when people in the larger community will see what DCF Plantation blog already knows, management is "clothing their bigotry in the garb of righteousness.