How about not focusing on labels at all. Can't we simply teach our children that all people are human beings who should be judged by their actions not their appearance or physical abilities?
I think the problem with this approach is it depends on ignoring the present effects of centuries of institutional racism. On average a white newborn starts out with advantages over a black newborn. This is a deep and nuanced discussion.
Notupset is not here to start a deep and nuanced discussed. They are here to spread the (racist and untrue) idea that schools are now teaching that being white is a problem. That learning about systemic racism is somehow shaming to white children. It’s an idea born from fear and too much suckling at the toxic teats of Newsmax, Fox News and Tucker Carlson.
Notice how they neatly conflated the ideas of anti-racism and systemic racism with “whiteness as problematic”? Two legitimate topics for education and discussion and a third which is ridiculous and nonexistent. It’s an approach which is either ignorant or malignant.
Which sort of explains the insane lawfare directed at Trump — no one ever considered him a boy scout, it’s not like Trump himself pretended to be anyone but who he was — so, to prop up the very unpopular Biden/Harris, the hunt to throw stuff at the wall to see what sticks took off in earnest with the decades old Stormy Daniels he said/she said tittle tattle. It was not the court’s finest hour.
If I were a Democrat (my father would be so proud) I would have to ask why there are no other candidates lined up to pick up the Biden pieces as he appears to be struggling to stay erect these days. O, silly me, I forgot about the first female president of color standing in the wings! Mr Unpopular and Mis Unpopular, side by side! God help us all!
You don't have to be a Democrat to believe in the rule of law, just an American who believes in our country. Apparently too high a bar for many Republicans.
Humidity and mild temps (around 70⁰) today with perhaps another shower or two until this afternoon
A second line of heavier showers is forecast to come through the area this afternoon or evening. There is a slight chance of thunder with this afternoon's storms, and gusty winds are not out of the question. There is a very slight chance of hail and high winds.
I've never had any training at work that says "whiteness" is a problem. I have had DEI sessions, where we talk about implicit bias, which is of course not at all the same thing. I'm wondering, where have you worked that you've had sessions talking about "whiteness" being a problem?
I think it's darker than that -- he understands perfectly well how trials work, and is purposely undermining trust in our justice system. You know that if he wins a second term, he'll be whining about how all the "criminals" he's having disappeared in the middle of the night have too many rights.
Yes, you are correct. His aim, and the aim of those who work for his candidacy, is to appeal to the ignorance of the voters he is targeting.
From what I can tell, if a student in that class was asked, as you proposed, whether ”white supremacy as an ongoing concern, whiteness being bad or that white people are currently oppressors has ever come up in their classes,” the answer would be no.
Indeed, the first Essential Question in the unit on Race and Ethnicity in America Today specifically puts aside overt oppression and focuses on the dominant culture, a term you’ve said you favor.
Maybe you saw some media coverage that singled out Hillsborough’s course as an example of what you described. This article, for instance, claimed that CRT was “key content” in the course. As we can see, however, it’s really listed only as a key term, one of dozens. When the term Marxism came up in a high school course I took, we somehow learned what it was without being indoctrinated or even “taught” it.
I'm not going to waste time refuting this obviously ridiculous Kyiv Post article about why Russia can't win. Let's see if drummerboy accuses you of not being in reality. Ha!
I charged you with a very specific falsehood - which you conveniently simply ignored.
Bill Walton was an amazing basketball player, both at UCLA and as a young pro, leading Portland to four straight victories over my 76ers in the 1977 NBA Finals after losing the first two games. That hurt.
Walton was also by all accounts a great guy. A few years ago he graciously posed for a photo with my son and a friend before calling a Pac 12 game. (His garrulous enthusiasm at the mic was a taste I never acquired, but lots of viewers loved him.)
An all-time athlete and character. May he rest in peace and love.
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I think the problem with this approach is it depends on ignoring the present effects of centuries of institutional racism. On average a white newborn starts out with advantages over a black newborn. This is a deep and nuanced discussion.
Notupset is not here to start a deep and nuanced discussed. They are here to spread the (racist and untrue) idea that schools are now teaching that being white is a problem. That learning about systemic racism is somehow shaming to white children. It’s an idea born from fear and too much suckling at the toxic teats of Newsmax, Fox News and Tucker Carlson.
Notice how they neatly conflated the ideas of anti-racism and systemic racism with “whiteness as problematic”? Two legitimate topics for education and discussion and a third which is ridiculous and nonexistent. It’s an approach which is either ignorant or malignant.
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You don't have to be a Democrat to believe in the rule of law, just an American who believes in our country. Apparently too high a bar for many Republicans.
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Humidity and mild temps (around 70⁰) today with perhaps another shower or two until this afternoon
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I've never had any training at work that says "whiteness" is a problem. I have had DEI sessions, where we talk about implicit bias, which is of course not at all the same thing. I'm wondering, where have you worked that you've had sessions talking about "whiteness" being a problem?
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Yes, you are correct. His aim, and the aim of those who work for his candidacy, is to appeal to the ignorance of the voters he is targeting.
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From what I can tell, if a student in that class was asked, as you proposed, whether ”white supremacy as an ongoing concern, whiteness being bad or that white people are currently oppressors has ever come up in their classes,” the answer would be no.
Indeed, the first Essential Question in the unit on Race and Ethnicity in America Today specifically puts aside overt oppression and focuses on the dominant culture, a term you’ve said you favor.
Maybe you saw some media coverage that singled out Hillsborough’s course as an example of what you described. This article, for instance, claimed that CRT was “key content” in the course. As we can see, however, it’s really listed only as a key term, one of dozens. When the term Marxism came up in a high school course I took, we somehow learned what it was without being indoctrinated or even “taught” it.
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I charged you with a very specific falsehood - which you conveniently simply ignored.
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Bill Walton was an amazing basketball player, both at UCLA and as a young pro, leading Portland to four straight victories over my 76ers in the 1977 NBA Finals after losing the first two games. That hurt.
Walton was also by all accounts a great guy. A few years ago he graciously posed for a photo with my son and a friend before calling a Pac 12 game. (His garrulous enthusiasm at the mic was a taste I never acquired, but lots of viewers loved him.)
An all-time athlete and character. May he rest in peace and love.
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Richard Sherman, beloved songwriter of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and many many other Disney film songs, has died aged 95 years.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-26/richard-sherman-songwriter-behind-disney-hits-dead-at-95/10389469
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz99kwy973eo
Truly, flights of angels will sing to his memory for decades to come.
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