The left's woke ideology is a 'pseudo religion'

Many people, particular younger generations, are grabbing hold of woke identity politics as a substitute for religious belief, according to the Institute of Public Affair's Bella d'Abrera.

Identity politics is in the news once again after it was revealed the Governor-General's office will instruct all its staff to do a "privilege walk" and answer questions about their race, religion and education in order to stamp out unconscious bias.

The course will be run by Charles Sturt University trainers and will not be mandatory.

“The training is not mandatory and staff can ­freely choose to not take part in any aspect of it,” a spokesperson for the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General told the Daily Telegraph.

Unconscious biases is the theory that people develop social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own conscious awareness.

Ms d'Abrera told Sky News programs like the "privilege walk" do not belong within government bodies.

She says the program is more like "the walk of shame."


"The privilege walk" walks comes from the 1980s, it was invented by this activist feminist Peggy Mcintosh," she said

"I like prefer to call it the walk of shame, because it basically involves you have to stand in a row, and close your eyes, and you have to answer a series of questions and depending on your answers, you have to either step forward or backwards

"And it's this crazy pseudo religious experience where you really are playing the penitent, being humbled and shamed for your sins in public.

"We are in a post Christian society, we are not necessarily in a secular society, people want something to believe in.

"They are grabbing onto this identity politics as a replacement for religion."

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