A woke council has made workers play diversity bingo to show they know the authority’s inclusive language policies.
Pembrokeshire Council came up with the game to help its staff understand concepts, including hate crimes and ageism.
Players are required to find colleagues who can explain 25 terms which are related to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).
It is understood the bingo is used at EDI training sessions paid for by taxpayers.
Other terms included in the game are “cyber bullying”, “gender fluid”, “bullying”, “ethnicity” and “Islamophobia”.
Once finishing the game, staff must fill out a debriefing sheet which asks what they learnt about the group, themselves and other participants during the activity.
In a Freedom of Information response, officials told The Sun: “EDI-related courses are quality-checked by experts to ensure the use of language is inclusive”.
The Welsh council – which is £192million in debt – holds the sessions as part of a wider plan to “eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation” in the workplace.
Pembrokeshire County Council has requested staff to do a diversity bingo
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Tory MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke said it was against what residents have asked for.
“The public are interested in reducing council tax, emptying bins, repairing roads and providing public services,” he said.
“Local residents have every right to be angry about this.”
The council said it was its “priority … to meet our legal obligations around EDI”.
Meanwhile, another council has come under fire for warning its employees not to assume a child’s biological parents.
South London’s Merton Council claimed that not saying the words “mother” and “father” would help “recognise diverse family formation”.
The council’s 27-page inclusive language guide was revealed by The Sun and also details how “young”, “old” or “mature” should not be used due to concerns of ageism.
The guide also tells staff to avoid gendered phrases like “man the desk”.
Toby Young of the Free Speech Union slammed Merton Council
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The guide, which was written by the equality and diversity team, also warned against “making assumptions about preferred names or nicknames without asking the individual first”.
Free Speech Union boss Lord Toby Young said he was amazed the council had “time for this nonsense”.
“I can only assume fly-tipping and potholes aren’t a problem in Merton,” he said.
A spokeswoman for Merton Council said it aimed to communicate with understanding.
She added that it also aimed at communicating “without making assumptions”.