Quote:Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) issued administrative rules Tuesday requiring “implicit bias” training for all medical professionals in the state.

Whitmer said at the announcement of the training, which is intended to identify one’s biases, is mandatory annually in order to maintain a professional license and must be conducted by a health organization, a “diversity and inclusion” organization, an accredited college, or state or federal agency.

Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Orlene Hawks said, “disparities in health outcomes” during the coronavirus pandemic required “emergency action.”

Lieutenant Gov. Garlin Gilchrist (D) argued the training is necessary because the healthcare system was “designed by men with indifference to the experiences of people who do not look or live like them,” which he called a “terrible past.”

After Gilchrist said both he and the governor participated in the training after she mandated it for state employees, he added, “Implicit, unconscious bias exists within each of us and it is not limited to race.”

He said public servants have a “duty” to understand how their biases “impact others.”

When it came time to answer questions, Whitmer was asked about the training she underwent herself:

“What can you tell us about what you learned about your own implicit biases?” the reporter said.

“I think it’s, you know, it’s very helpful to, um, you know, you go through a number of exercises and you make choices and then you get an opportunity for feedback,” she said.

“Um, I was, you know, I, I learned something every single day. I think, you know, as evolving humans we should all strive to learn something every single day,” she continued.

“This implicit bias training that we have for state employees I thought was comprehensive,” she said, adding it took her about an hour and a half to complete.

“Going through real world exercises that might happen in an office setting or might happen on the road, um, was really helpful to take that pause, that I think everyone needs to take on occasion and really understand what’s happening here and why so we can do better,” she concluded.

An aide interjected and said one more question was allowed. The reporter did not press for an answer.

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I wonder if she discovered a bias against elderly people in nursing homes?

Or Just ask her "What is the definition of a woman"?

Quote:Michigan’s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Tuesday that the state will require health professionals to undergo implicit bias training as part of the licensing process.

The state’s Bureau of Professional Licensing (BPL) sent an email to health professionals informing them that the change would go into effect on June 1, 2022. Under the new rule, bias training will be required for both new applicants and those who are renewing their existing licenses and registrations.

According to the email, new applicants will be required to undergo a minimum of two hours of implicit bias training with a five-year window to complete the training. Renewing applicants must complete one hour of implicit bias training “for each year of the applicant’s license or registration cycle.”

The email defines implicit bias as “(A)n attitude or internalized stereotype that affects an individual’s perception, action or decision making in an unconscious manner and often contributes to unequal treatment of people based on race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, age, disability, or other characteristics.”

In August, Whitmer declared racism a “public health crisis” and mandated implicit bias training for all state employees. Whitmer also created an advisory council to focus on issues affecting black people in Michigan. According to the Detroit Free Press, Whitmer said that black Michiganders are four times more likely to die from the coronavirus than their white counterparts because of “unequal economic and health care treatment and racism.

The training was recommended by Whitmer’s task force on racial disparities alongside a slew of organizations including “health professional boards, insurance providers, health systems, health care associations, legislators, state agencies, higher education, and community and advocacy groups.”

In a statement on mandated implicit bias training of state employees, Whitmer claimed that training can make a “positive difference” in improving so-called “racial equity.”

“COVID-19 has had a disparate impact on people of color due to a variety of factors, and we must do everything we can to address this disparity,” Whitmer said. “The evidence shows that training in implicit bias can make a positive difference, so today we are taking action to help improve racial equity across Michigan’s health care system.”

According to BLP’s email, the state’s implicit bias training will be related to “reducing barriers and disparities in access to and delivery of health care services.”

The training must include the following elements:

Give “information on implicit bias, equitable access to health care, serving a diverse population, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and cultural sensitivity.”

Explain “strategies to remedy the negative impact of implicit bias by recognizing and understanding how it impacts perception, judgment, and actions that may result in inequitable decision making, failure to effectively communicate, and result in barriers and disparities in the access to and delivery of health care services.”

Discuss “the historical basis and present consequences of implicit biases based on an individual’s characteristics.”

Discuss the “current research on implicit bias in the access to and delivery of health care services.”

The Bureau of Professional Licensing’s Director Debra Gagliardi did not respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment.

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Quote:Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday proposed using $300 million in federal coronavirus aid to assist businesses in the state in paying their employees $15 dollars an hour.

Whitmer, a Democrat, proposed using state grants to cover the difference between an employee’s current hourly wage and $15/hour for three months. Businesses who received such aid would have to pledge to continue to pay workers $15 an hour for an additional three months.

The proposal would have to be approved by the GOP-controlled legislature before it can take effect.

The governor announced the $15 wage plan on Thursday as part of a larger economic plan during her appearance at a women’s business center in Grand Rapids. The governor’s office has not said how many workers the wage plan would provide with a wage hike, The Associated Press reported.

President Biden has pushed for a federal $15 minimum wage, and originally included it in his March coronavirus relief package, but it was removed before the bill became law.

Some Democrats have come out against a $15 minimum wage as potentially harmful for several states. In February, Democratic Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) voiced their opposition to boosting the federal minimum wage from the current $7.25 to $15 as part of the coronavirus relief bill. In both states, the cost of living is significantly lower than the national average, and a federal $15 minimum wage would likely cause both states to lose jobs.

Whitmer’s economic plan also includes several other proposals, including funding for new programs to pay tuition for adults age 25 and above to attend community college, $300 million in grants and loans for small businesses that are struggling, and expanding access to no-cost or low-cost child care to families who are at 200% of the federal poverty line, the AP said.

Whitmer has come under fire during the pandemic for both her stringent coronavirus restrictions and her own administration’s apparent failure to observe them in several instances.

In spring last year, Whitmer’s strict lockdown policies angered some Michiganders, prompting demonstrations at the state capitol. The governor’s restrictions at one point prohibited residents from visiting their second residences as well as buying and selling paint, furniture, and garden equipment.

Compared to February, 2020, before Whitmer’s strict lockdown policies went into effect, the state’s employment levels are down almost 300,000 and nearly 25% more Michiganders are receiving unemployment checks.

Last month, Whitmer admitted that she had gathered with friends over the weekend at a restaurant after photos showed her at a table with 12 other people in violation of the state’s May 15 order saying that no more than six people can be seated at one table and that tables must be six feet apart.

A Michigan restaurant owner who was jailed for violating Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s coronavirus restrictions said last month that she believes the governor should also face the consequences after she was caught flouting her own pandemic rules.

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Quote:Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) picked two dates on the calendar — June 1 and July 1 — to repeal the remaining coronavirus restrictions, but she appeared to be leaving the door open on whether she will stick to the final one.

On Tuesday, Whitmer was asked if she will potentially alter her order lifting remaining orders on masks, crowds, and restaurant capacity limits July 1, and she left the door open, WOOD TV reported.

“You know, at this juncture, we’re two days in, so it’s way too early to assess that, but I think we’re gonna see a lot of progress, people getting back to normal and getting back in the workforce and that’s good for all of us,” Whitmer said.

On Tuesday, the governor was asked a similar question, specifically whether she could potentially move up the date for fully reopening, instead of waiting another month for no real reason.

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Whitmer said yesterday was the first day to “get out of most of the protocols that we had,” and cited no limitations on outdoor dining.

“We still know that (coronavirus) is present,” she said, hedging, noting the percentage of vaccinated residents — 59.1 percent, as of Wednesday — is “nowhere near” the 70 percent she originally mandated to reopen the state.

“We’re going to hope to get to those metrics,” Whitmer said.

“We wanted to say by July 1, we will plan on and we will— there’s nothing foreseeable that, on the horizon that will change, but of course, we always have to have a, that one footnote that all of a sudden if there was a variant that showed up in Michigan that was vaccine resistant, we might have to revisit,” she warned.

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Wretched Gretch has her biases, but they are a little different than most folks. She hold a deeply personal hatred for anyone with a normal sized belly button. Despite numerous attempts to allow her kids to bury her in sand like a turd at the beach, the more sand they pour over her the faster it disappears into that bottomless pit known as her belly button, and they can never quite complete the job. I can only imagine the angst and disillusionment she must feel.

Well, like the lockdown protocols, this training is only for the little people. Obviously she never meant this to be for her.

What a monster.

who really has the time to waste on something so stupid as "implicit bias training"? I could have taken about 10 seconds and told Crater Gut that I cant stand any and all democrats & America would be better off if they'd all drop dead. There. There's my bias. Now, GFY Gretch.

(06-04-2021 06:54 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Well, like the lockdown protocols, this training is only for the little people. Obviously she never meant this to be for her.

What a monster.

Stop with the hyperbole - Monster, evil etc.... just call her what she is.....


An entitled A$$hole

I don't see anything wrong with trying to find out someone's biases before they get hired.

The last thing you want is some tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theorists in your office.

(06-04-2021 09:36 AM)Danforth Wrote:  I don't see anything wrong with trying to find out someone's biases before they get hired.

Maybe you do make a good point for once. Vetting folks like this would keep someone from hiring a liberal Democrat who just would bring down the entire mood in the workplace. Glad we don’t have any of that trash in our office

Now that COVID's pretty much in the rear-view mirror, I think she gets re-elected easy.

(06-04-2021 10:41 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  

(06-04-2021 09:36 AM)Danforth Wrote:  I don't see anything wrong with trying to find out someone's biases before they get hired.

Maybe you do make a good point for once. Vetting folks like this would keep someone from hiring a liberal Democrat who just would bring down the entire mood in the workplace. Glad we don’t have any of that trash in our office

Funny you should say that because I was just thinking the same thing about republicans.

I work with a few republicans and no one wants to sit with them at lunch because they are obsessed with conspiracy theories like election fraud and pizzagate.