Lockheed Martin, the aerospace and defense giant known for developing F-35 fighter jets, recently admitted that it has put more than a thousand top employees through training sessions to learn about privileges they supposedly have as white straight males. Such training sessions, including a three-day “White Men’s Caucus” last June attended by 13 executive-level employees, are mandatory and intended for “Caucasian male executive leaders based on level and position,” according to Jim Taiclet, the company’s CEO. In a June 4 letter sent to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who expressed concerns about Lockheed Martin’s race-centered training program and requested additional information, Taiclet said that 1,024 employees have attended this type of training since 2007. Taiclet added that the training course for white male employees is one of the three of a larger program called “Effective Leadership of Inclusive Teams,” and that participants in the other two courses include women and “people …