Company orders 'diversity training' for hundreds of employees
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It’s hard to decide which is scarier: a grinning “Barack Obama” wearing a straight jacket or the reaction to his appearance at one company’s annual Halloween costume party.
An employee of Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, Ky., must have thought he had the costume contest all sewn up when he sauntered into the party wearing an Obama mask and a straight jacket.
Photo: WZTV-TV
And he probably couldn’t believe his luck when he and his two pals actually won the third-place trophy for their Halloween skit “VIP Security,” according to local TV station WZTV.
However, soon after their shining moment, a snafu erupted over their Obama schtick.
“I think it is very, very offensive,” C.E. Timberlake, a local pastor, told the TV station. “And really, that shouldn’t have happened.”
Company officials weren’t impressed either after a photograph of the costumed trio began circulating around the office.
Human resources responded with a company-wide apology and a mandate that would make the president and Kathleen Sebelius proud.
Following complaints from some staffers, the company ordered all 750 employees of the medical center to take “diversity training.”
The company also admonished employees about wearing costumes “with political, religious, ethnic or gender-based overtones.”
Reposted with permission.
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