Chloe Dygert apology for social media conduct “not sufficient” says Rapha

It needs to be public as it's a marketing decision/ploy.

Thanks - it seems ill-defined to me and not particularly useful to use.

Next question, how can you have 'woke' nazis? Seems like a contradiction to me.

I think that it is supposed to be the juxtaposition or the irony of the contradiction....I suspect that they may not have lasted to long in 1930s Germany...

I saw on the wikipedia page that the term 'woke' goes back to the 1860 presidential election by the republican party in support of Abraham Lincoln. They were called the Wide Awakes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Awakes

Interesting...I'll take a look at that.  I should throw my history degree in the bin...though to be fair, it' s Modern European.  I didn't do US history. 

To be a bit more accurate - he did not critique the word itself - he critiques some people using it as an excuse to be judgemental, and to bash people who aren't as "woke".   

I dont pretend to be an expert but here's a small blurb:

Basically if you have the manners treat groups of people you have never met with respect diginity and humility for your own position in life, and own unconscious biases you are probably living "woke".  And thats a good thing IMHO.

Also bear in mind if someone Stale Pale and Male (ie Trumpians, Gammon's and similar ilk) calls you "woke" you have probably done something right - like being aware and supportive that there are more viewpoints in this world than your own.

Getting attacked for being woke is something that generally happens when the privledged few feel themselves and their "ingrained superiority" threatened, and lash out any anyone who has the temerity to point out said priviledge.    It usually stems from a refusable to either a) believe they are priviledges or b) share that priviledge.

See comparisons on Black/BAME life expectancy, median salaries, getting arrested/shot by the police.   See also sucide rates among Trans and other LBGTQ+ groups.

FWIW though - I think Rapha feeling the need to further castigate Chloe in public is more of a need for them to demonstrate their own Woke-ness for PR purposes than righting any wrongs Chloe may have made.  It wasnt necessary and continuing to flog people for "wrong" beliefs tends to make them dig their heels in.  I feel some sympathy for her, as I would anyone who is being castigated for a couple of mouse clicks.  2 swallows dont make a summer.

No, but as others pointed out, Rapha should fight with those they have a contract with:  Canyon-SRAM.  They don't have any contractual agreement with the rider so she doesn't owe them anything -directly-.  Presumably, she made those remarks prior to signing on so if that was a deal breaker, Canyon-SRAM should have gone through their due diligence process and declined the contract.

Other than that, I may not agree with her remarks but that's fine.  And the entire 'woke' thing is getting on my nerves but that's fine too.  

Lanterne Rouge's take is a good one, I think. It seems like Canyon/SRAM aren't walking the walk values-wise, whichever way you cut it.

Rapha's trickier, but again, they seem to have stuck to the fence. Saying 'we don't like this but the positive of our commercial relationship outweighs taking any concrete action, so we'll write a stern letter' leaves them in no-man's land.

Spot on... Exactly this. I see Rapha's stance as nothing more than virtue signalling at it's finest.
If someone's social media history is so vital, so some research before hiring them.

And the apparent racist tweets she liked are ok because...?

Which tweet was racist?

Candace Owens wrote the tweet about Kaepernick.

She is a black woman.

Is she not entitled to hold that opinion?

Or is Dygert just not allowed to agree with her?

Not all the ones she liked are from Candace. And as Owens seems to be an islamophobe and racist in her own way, maybe not a good person to follow.

You haven't identified which tweets you allege to be racist.

There are only three tweets quoted in the article.

None of those are racist as far as I can see.

They just express opinions that go against the current orthodoxy.

Ironically that is exactly what Kaepernick originally did. I admire him greatly for having done so.

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

Not all the ones she liked are from Candace. And as Owens seems to be an islamophobe and racist in her own way, maybe not a good person to follow.

Sometimes even the worst people can make reasonable points.

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

....And as Owens seems to be an islamophobe and racist in her own way, maybe not a good person to follow.

You just lost all credibility in your arguments right there. 
If you can't see why, you're living up to your specious accusations.

Absolutely. While I'm not certain about whether the race-related tweets were racist or not (the words weren't, but I haven't seen the context), there was nothing wrong with the "transphobic" quote. 
I responded to Rapha's statement by telling them that I hoped they supported women's right to compete on a level playing field against other women, seeing as how cycling is already perceived as a male activity both as a sport and a means of transport. 
My tuppence doesn't mean any more than tuppence of course, but if enough other people send them a message they'll listen. I suspect a lot of companies are getting on the trans bandwagon partly because it seems like the liberal thing to do (it isn't), but mostly out of fear of the shitstorm that trans activists whip up against anyone not paying sufficient obeisance. If enough people tell them they'll not support any brand that supports this erosion of women's rights, they at least have to decide which side they're on. 

I agree with this... The transgender tweet that was liked was very unpleasant, however the background point is valid... This is another demonstration of the complexities surrounding trans people, that the 'right on' want to simply gloss over.
The shit thing is that if you leave a loophole some git will take advantage. So sadly, trans people have to suffer because of the the risk of pricks taking advantage.
However, the alternative is potentially far worse.
As for Chloe, I don't think, as a man, I have any right to tell her how to feel about this issue.
And then there is white privilege. Man I hate that term. To me it is deliberately divisive, designed to 'out' the racists...
The thing is, whilst I'm privileged enough to recognise that white privilege very much exists, much of society is not as lucky as me. For the large number of white people living on or beneath the bread line, telling them they are somehow 'privileged', is crass to say the least.
It's perfectly understandable to me that this terminology falls on deaf ears...
My point being, I can see how these tweets were liked without the liker necessarily being an out and out transphobic racist.

For me, the issue with white privilege is that it rarely exists in isolation (in the UK, I have no idea about the US).

If you look at social mobility or policing or access to education you'll find that working class white people are often statistically as disadvantaged as working class people from ethnic minorities. Working class white males are among the most disadvantaged groups in the entire country.

However if you look just at race in isolation then all white people appear privileged because the middle and upper classes are overwhelmingly white.

I think a lot of what is assumed to be white privilege (in the UK) is actually class privilege.

If that isn't taken into account then well meaning measures to reduce the disadvantage of ethnic minority communities can actually worsen the disadvantages for working class white communities.

Of course this is not to say that racism isn't a problem and that action against racism doesn't need to be taken.

It is also not to say that white privilege doesn't exist it's just not as simple a picture as many make it out to be.

I don't particularly like the term, but generally if you read it as 'won't suffer from a particular sort of racism' then that gets the point across 99% of the time, even if it's less social media friendly.

Also, you have described very well the concept of intersectionality.