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    The NYC school system is teaching my ten-year-old son that he's racist

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    The NYC school system is teaching my ten-year-old son that he's racist

    At the direction of the Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, New York City Public Schools have taken the opportunity of the protests surrounding George Floyd’s murder to teach fourth graders about systemic racism and white privilege. But for the children who are either immigrants themselves or the children of immigrants—which is much of the class—and for my son who is the only white kid in the class, this was not a lesson that decreases racism, but one that verges on instilling it.

    For the kids who are Chinese, Arab, or whose families come from Mexico, Central and South America, the lesson on racism between whites and blacks was just another study section that came with right and wrong answers. They learned that the country to which their parents had decided to journey from their homes abroad was founded on racist ideology and that, because it is permanently ingrained, there’s nothing that can be done about it. My son learned that he is perpetuating the problem of racism, and that he doesn’t even know how he’s doing it, and that his whole family is racist, even if they don’t think they are. The kids also learned that there’s no way to fix it.

    Other than a few packets during Black History Month, fourth graders have not yet learned about the Civil Rights movement or the enslavement of Africans and their descendants in bondage. But they are now learning that the United States is founded on racism, that racism is the pervasive undercurrent in American governance, law enforcement, social interaction, employment, literature, arts, entertainment, real estate, and education.

    What this means is that the school is teaching kids how to interpret history before they learn the history they are meant to interpret. They’re telling kids what opinions to have before they’re giving the facts about which that opinion should be formed. Educators are making sure that these fourth graders look at history through the lens of critical race theory before they even know what that history is.

    ...What my son heard was that he is racist and doesn’t even know it, and that his parents and grandparents provided this legacy to him. I told him that we need to treat all people with respect, kindness, and with a generosity of heart, and that skin colour is not indicative of a person’s heart.

    ...If racism is a systemic problem, and we’re teaching kids to create systemic solutions, what does that look like to a ten year old? Instead of teaching kids about all of the disadvantages their peers have, which basically leads to pity, why not teach kids about how all people are created equally, and we should meet each other where we stand? What are 10 year olds supposed to do about systemic racism, or racism at all? Aren’t they better positioned to simply not be racist?

    ...This kind of indoctrination will not make white kids think differently about their own biases, but will instead create biases where there perhaps were none before, and that goes doubly for the children who are in immigrant families. Dividing kids by race leads kids to think they should divide themselves by race, emotionally, socially, and institutionally. It’s easy to prove this, just look at the segregated graduation ceremonies and proms in schools today.

    ...There’s no evidence to suggest that making students pity other students for their economic disadvantages will lead to a mindset of equality. Yet New York City Schools are not alone in thinking that this is the way to go. Brown University, as well as so many other academic institutions, jumped on board as well....
    Read the whole thing to get a full sense of how ridiculous this is getting.
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    This is honestly child abuse. These teachers and the people setting up the curriculum should be investigated.

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    Yes it is child abuse. Parents should sue the school system and bleed their money.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Read the whole thing to get a full sense of how ridiculous this is getting.
    "What this means is that the school is teaching kids how to interpret history before they learn the history they are meant to interpret."

    What history are they meant to interpret? Who decides what is added to a school curriculum and its ensuing biases?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FightingforwhatsRight View Post
    "What this means is that the school is teaching kids how to interpret history before they learn the history they are meant to interpret."

    What history are they meant to interpret? Who decides what is added to a school curriculum and its ensuing biases?
    Whatever they decide comes later in history lesson has already been interpreted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Think it's just happening at Amazon, Netflix, Quaker Oats?

    The NYC school system is teaching my ten-year-old son that he's racist



    Read the whole thing to get a full sense of how ridiculous this is getting.
    There has never been a time when school curriculae was not biased in favor of the political agenda of its time and location.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    There has never been a time when school curriculae was not biased in favor of the political agenda of its time and location.
    That explains why it is a failure.
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