Mandatory woke training at UNC Chapel Hill

John Sexton Oct 23, 2021 8:30 PM ET

A hat tip to my Twitter-friend Benjamin Boyce for highlighting this story this morning. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently held a mandatory training session for all Greek organizations on campus. Carolina Review, which is the campus conservative newspaper, got leaked audio from the training and also spoke to people who attended...................

At this point we can jump into some of the leaked audio. In this clip, Ms. Parle discusses how the world is designed for average body size, meaning height and weight. She explained that people who need help reaching the top shelf in the grocery store are victims of a “system of oppression.” “Every grocery store…was built for the average height person,” she said.

We’re not really supposed to think about things like this. We’re supposed to have an emotional reaction and stop there. But let’s think for a moment about whether or not the fact that some people can’t reach the highest shelf in the grocery store is a “system of oppression” or something else. Apologies ahead of time for belaboring this a bit but there is a reason for it...............Grocery stores take a different approach. They have a certain amount of floor space owned or leased by one company on a price per square foot basis. Because the cost of operating is based on the floor space, they attempt to maximize the number of items they can sell in that space. A large store might carry thousands of different types of items while a small store (think 7-11) might offer only a few hundred. ..............I’m laboring through all of this make a point. A grocery store is a carefully thought out design intended to offer the most choice to the most diverse set of people in a given amount of space. Sadly, all Ms. Parle can see is a system of oppression against short people..........To Read More.......