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joan_crystal said:

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. 

mtierney said:

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.

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?

Memorial Day

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.

nan said:

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.

I especially like the crimson clover

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.

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. 

An example of the “whiteness is bad” instruction that notupset knows is being taught in plenty of other primary schools might also be clarifying.

PVW said:

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.