Training for State Workers Labeled Republican Party ‘Overtly’ White Supremacist

Alpha News has uncovered that some Minnesota state employees were forced into a leadership training that branded the Republican Party as “overtly” white supremacist.

A state employee, who provided the training materials to Alpha News and asked for anonymity, said they had hoped the weeks-long, mandatory training would focus on employment law and other tangible subjects, but instead often revolved around DEI and anti‑racism ideology.

A 32-page document titled “White Supremacy Culture – Still Here” teaches that capitalism, classism, gender oppression, and heterosexism reinforce white supremacy, and that “the U.S. Republican Party is overtly and boldly claiming a white supremacy, autocratic agenda.”

“Christian hegemony,” the document says, functions to “support, reinforce, and reproduce white supremacy.”

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The training document, authored by Tema Okun, also labels individualism, objectivity, and a preference for written communication as hallmarks of white supremacy.

It argues that “worship of the written word” perpetuates white supremacy through things like proper grammar and documentation.

The state employee also told Alpha News about anti-racism training they were forced to attend in 2024. “[It] was a three hour rant about white people, and there was also micro-aggression training which focused on finding just about everything offensive,” they stated.

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