The Minneapolis healthcare network that includes the hospital where George Floyd was declared dead is mandating thousands of employees sit through a woke training video that includes a flowchart explaining who can and can’t say the N-word.
The Hennepin County Medical Center, part of the largest public health network in Minneapolis, added the bizarre “language training” module to its mandatory education for its 7,000 staffers in January, a whistleblower at the center told The Post.
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Employees are told using the slur marks a “never event” in the workplace, even if they’re singing along to a song or given permission, and that violating the rule could get them fired, but only if the employee is “not black.”
“If you’re still wondering if you can say the N-word or not, allow me to simplify it even more with this point chart,” a narrator tells staff in the training video.
“If you are not black, you cannot say the word — not even if it ends with ‘a’ instead of ‘er,’ there’s no excuse. And if you are black, it is up to you, whether you choose to reclaim the word or not.”
The nearly 8-minute video is packed with political commentary and Black Lives Matter protest imagery.
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“Some phrases even have explicitly racist origins, such as ‘peanut gallery,’ which refer to the cheap seats in theaters often reserved for black patrons,” the narrator explains.
The whistleblower, who has worked at the Hennepin County Medical Center for years and requested to remain anonymous, said the video “felt like indoctrination.”
“This isn’t a workplace issue. Nobody’s using this language here. It felt like a political commentary, not professional training.”
The video is backed by the medical center’s “Health Equity Department,” which declares racism “an ongoing public health crisis that urgently demands more focused attention” and vows to bring “a DEI lens to patient care.”
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“Racial slurs are ‘never events’ for all, not some.”
The training module concludes by asking employees to consider whether their words contribute to “healing.”
But for the whistleblower, the effect is just the opposite.
“This doesn’t reduce harm,” the person said. “It’s causing it. People are more anxious, more divided. We’re supposed to be helping patients, not policing thought.”
The training reflects a broader pattern in woke medicine.
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In 2023, DNH revealed that SUNY Downstate’s medical school in Brooklyn earned a “100% diversity score” and bragged about giving faculty stipends to attend “minority faculty development” conferences, part of what critics say is creeping critical race theory in medicine.
Many institutions have quietly scaled back or eliminated DEI initiatives after President Trump argued it is discriminatory and signed several executive orders aimed at “ending” it in the workforce.
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“We do not condone language that is divisive or rooted in racism or inequality, regardless of the speaker’s race or ethnicity. Such behavior is contrary to our values and will be addressed appropriately.”
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