{"id":1405457,"date":"2022-03-28T17:30:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T21:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405457"},"modified":"2022-03-28T17:30:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T21:30:39","slug":"southern-poverty-law-center-is-racist-employees-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/southern-poverty-law-center-is-racist-employees-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Poverty Law Center Is Racist, Employees Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouthern-poverty-law-center-is-racist-employees-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405457&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its extensive list of hate groups, is racist, according to its employees.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">SPLC Union members protested outside of their employer&#8217;s office Monday in opposition to the legal advocacy group&#8217;s plan to require certain employees to return to in-person work. The union, in a statement, claimed the move targets black women because it primarily requires workers in low-level positions to return to the office.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Staff in more highly regarded job classifications and who are higher-paid employees are being given the flexibility to work remotely, while women, Black, brown, and lower-paid employees are forced back into the office regardless of our work, our needs, and our advocacy for more inclusive treatment,&#8221; Lisa Wright, a union bargaining committee member, said. &#8220;Forcing employees back into the office isn&#8217;t about collaboration or cooperation\u2014this is about policing and surveillance of SPLC&#8217;s lowest-paid employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Forcing employees back into the office isn\u2019t about collaboration or cooperation \u2014 this is about policing and surveillance of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/splcenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@splcenter<\/a>&#8216;s lowest-paid employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackWomenAtWork?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackWomenAtWork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackWomenAreNotTheHelp?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackWomenAreNotTheHelp<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LowestPayHighestCosts?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LowestPayHighestCosts<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SPLCisNotEradicatingPoverty?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SPLCisNotEradicatingPoverty<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeWillNotBeIgnored?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeWillNotBeIgnored<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zxYD7PJTkX\">pic.twitter.com\/zxYD7PJTkX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SPLC Union (@SPLCUnion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPLCUnion\/status\/1508416250594037766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The SPLC did not respond to a request for comment on who exactly will be required to return to the office.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The SPLC publishes an annual &#8220;hate map&#8221; that has attracted controversy for listing conservative organizations as hate groups. A gunman in 2012 entered the Family Research Council, a pro-family advocacy group, in an attempted mass shooting, which he said was inspired by the SPLC labeling the group as anti-gay. SPLC added Ben Carson to its &#8220;extremist&#8221; watch list in 2014 but backtracked and apologized in response to criticism.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The [SPLC] mission is committed to eradicating poverty while it denigrates the work of its Black women employees through low wages and forced in person attendance,&#8221; one organizer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stefwithanfany\/status\/1508501866061217805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/stefwithanfany\/status\/1508501866061217805&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1648583131466000&#038;usg=AOvVaw156xz4ZlSmicxPpqgR0gm8\">tweeted<\/a>. &#8220;Like @SPLCUnion member says FULL MEALS NO SNACKS! #PracticeWhatYouPreach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The SPLC and its lobbying group have nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/southern-poverty-law-center-splc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/southern-poverty-law-center-splc\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1648583131466000&#038;usg=AOvVaw11BcRrL6FUdt7eiyrL-dih\">$570 million<\/a> in net assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SPLC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SPLC<\/a> worker and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPLCUnion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SPLCUnion<\/a> member reminds us that mandatory return to office for *only* lower wage workers is a matter of policing and surveillance\u2014issues that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/splcenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@splcenter<\/a> insists they fight against. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PracticeWhatYouPreach?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PracticeWhatYouPreach<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yq95XY8iby\">pic.twitter.com\/Yq95XY8iby<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 stef (@stefwithanfany) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stefwithanfany\/status\/1508492382240755718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its extensive list of hate groups, is racist, according to its employees. 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