They may be the most dreaded six words in corporate America: “Your diversity training attendance is mandatory.” These edicts, issued by faceless HR (human resources) departments, mean you are forced to take much needed time away from your never ending workload to sit through some usually mundane, preachy and uncomfortable 3 to 6 hour combination of politically correct speeches, CRASH screenings, and goofy exercises. All of this intended to shift your assumption paradigm about people who are different from you in race, culture or gender. This premise for anyone older …