High school football team forfeits season because of historical reenactment

[FindersKeepers]

“Obviously, what is most important here is the fact that these players reenacted a disgusting part of history. The punishment is deserved.”


I would like to see some context.

It was in poor taste, but the black students appeared to be very willing.

[countryboy]

Holy overreaction Batman.

[hanger4]

It was in poor taste, but the black students appeared to be very willing.

I think I saw the real problem in the the vid, there were people of color bidding in the supposed slave auction.

As far as context goes, I'd like to hear what the make-believe slaves at auction have to say.

[FindersKeepers]

I think I saw the real problem in the the vid, there were people of color bidding in the supposed slave auction.

I noticed that too. LOL

As far as context goes, I'd like to hear what the make-believe slaves at auction have to say.

They seemed quite happy to be taking part.


I'm not a fan of competitive sports anyway, but I think the school could have used the incident for a teaching moment rather than punishing the kids.

Seems like a bit of trumped-up outrage.

[Chris]

Holy overreaction Batman.

After seeing the video, indeed. It's California.

[countryboy]

After seeing the video, indeed. It's California.

And the language they use is so dramatic. Oh geez, bring in the fainting couch.

Ruining kids lives is one of the things libs do best.

[Standing Wolf]

Except that's not really what CRT is about. Teaching California's history of slavery--they were used in gold mining--would be something up the alley of Hannah-Jones and her 1619 Project. CRT is more about anti-racism and telling white kids they're racist because they're white.

In fact, and this would fall under CRT, Doreen Osumi, the superintendent of Yuba City Unified School District, "said though students may have thought the “skit was funny,” it was "unacceptable" and required reflection on systemic racism." She vows it will be used. https://www.yahoo.com/news/californi...212503842.html

You missed the point of my post, Chris. Had a mock slave auction been conducted under a lesson plan formulated to emphasize the evils of human slavery and to remind White people how awful they've always been, that would have been very much in the wheelhouse of a CRT promoter. That the school superintendent found it "unacceptable" relates not to what was done, but the spirit in which it was done and who thought of doing it. A school teacher no doubt would have followed up the slave auction part of the lesson plan with what they considered to be some modern-day equivalents - like the overrepresentation of Black men in prisons, or (allegedly) in U.S. combat fatalities - in order to "teach" their students that nothing had really changed and that Black people were still being enslaved.

[Chris]

You missed the point of my post, Chris. Had a mock slave auction been conducted under a lesson plan formulated to emphasize the evils of human slavery and to remind White people how awful they've always been, that would have been very much in the wheelhouse of a CRT promoter. That the school superintendent found it "unacceptable" relates not to what was done, but the spirit in which it was done and who thought of doing it. A school teacher no doubt would have followed up the slave auction part of the lesson plan with what they considered to be some modern-day equivalents - like the overrepresentation of Black men in prisons, or (allegedly) in U.S. combat fatalities - in order to "teach" their students that nothing had really changed and that Black people were still being enslaved.

But that's not what CRT is about. It is not about teaching the facts of history.

When superintendent of Yuba City Unified School District Doreen Osumi "said though students may have thought the “skit was funny,” it was "unacceptable" and required reflection on systemic racism," now we're getting into CRT territory.

[Captdon]

Still unknown is why they were forced to forfeit season.

Not enough players.

[Standing Wolf]

But that's not what CRT is about. It is not about teaching the facts of history.

When superintendent of Yuba City Unified School District Doreen Osumi "said though students may have thought the “skit was funny,” it was "unacceptable" and required reflection on systemic racism," now we're getting into CRT territory.

You're still missing the point, Chris, and I suspect just arguing for the sake of arguing. Whatever.