Lockheed Martin Sent Over 1,000 Top Employees to ‘White Male Privilege’ Training, CEO Says

Lockheed Martin Sent Over 1,000 Top Employees to ‘White Male Privilege’ Training, CEO Says
Visitors queue to have closer look at a static display of a Lockheed Martin F-35 at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on Feb. 18, 2016. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Lockheed Martin, the aerospace and defense giant known for developing F-35 fighter jets, recently admitted that it has put more than a thousand top employees through training sessions to learn about privileges they supposedly have as white straight males.

Such training sessions, including a three-day “White Men’s Caucus” last June attended by 13 executive-level employees, are mandatory and intended for “Caucasian male executive leaders based on level and position,” according to Jim Taiclet, the company’s CEO.

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