"A survey circulated within a United Kingdom-based charitable organization reportedly asked staff members to evaluate their whiteness.

The survey, which was distributed to Oxfam's 1,800 staff members in Great Britain, 88% of whom are white, defined "racism" as "a power construct created by white nations for the benefit of white people" and "whiteness" as "the overarching preservation of power and domination for the benefit of white people and ultimately that which white supremacy serves to protect," according to the Times.

"At Oxfam GB, the work on racism ... is even more important with regards to progressing our wider work on decolonisation," the survey reportedly said.

Oxfam also said it "does not recognize reverse racism" or racism directed toward white people, the outlet added.

"We oppose racism and other forms of discrimination that blight countless lives around the world and trap people in poverty. Racism makes it harder for people to earn a living, feed their children and put a roof over their heads," Oxfam said of the survey in an email to the Washington Examiner. "Oxfam Great Britain is working hard to become an anti-racist organisation and this survey is an important part of ensuring that we live up to our values."

The survey, which also asked respondents to classify themselves as "non-racist," "anti-racist," or neither and to state their ethnicity, attracted backlash from some staff members. One employee said she felt "under attack for being white, English and voting Leave" in reference to the 2016 Brexit vote for the U.K. to leave the European Union."

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