Banning Critical Race Theory

[WakeBored]

have you or Angus or anyone else actually read the book? I haven't, but I am not going to base my opinion of it off of some guy's tweet.

But you already have.

Also, don't liberals read The Atlantic anymore? This book has been the feature of at least 2 recent articles:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...-lives-matter-agenda-be-taught-school/618277/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...-not-my-idea-children-police-killings/619087/

Between the criticisms of the 1619 Project and this, has The Atlantic become a white supremacist rag?

 

[MHBDemon]

I bet more school districts than 25 use textbooks that say slaves were treated well.

 

[Highland Deac]

So out of >95,000 public schools in the country, this exhaustive investigative journalism found 25 that are teaching critical race theory? 0.025% of schools are teaching this insidious philosophy?!?!? Holy shit we need some laws in Oklahoma restricting free speech, stat.

Right. I've noticed that Mr. Rufo - who has been making the rounds of the usual right-wing talk shows recently gleefully taking credit for starting this storm - has also been making occasional posts on social media of his "research" and "shocking findings" about CRT being taught in schools all over the country. From what I've seen he's found no more than a tiny fraction of evidence to support his accusations, like the one above. There's usually no context for his claims either. I have yet to see any evidence from him or anyone else that there is significant - much less widespread - evidence that classroom teachers are actually telling white kids to hate themselves, or that they are to blame for racism, or anything else of that nature. Also, Rufo gave the game away at the beginning of all this when he said that his goal was to turn CRT into a pejorative term for almost anything in education that conservatives didn't like, and then use it as a weapon to galvanize the Trumpite base.

Meanwhile, as I posted earlier, a poll of over 1,100 educators revealed that 96% of them were not teaching CRT in their classrooms and nearly half wouldn't do it even if it was allowed.

 

[Louis Gossett Jr]

Or just pay for private school.

Must have missed the parents on Fox news bitching about having their kids expelled from private school for running a campaign against the private school and what they were teaching. Needless to say the private school told them to fuck right off as they should, but now they are the victims, not safe in public or private, home school it is.

 

[Colonel Angus]

I bet more school districts than 25 use textbooks that say slaves were treated well.

What's the wager?

And Chinese Yuan will not be an acceptable form of payment after you lose.

 

[birdman]

What a scoop ! Teacher teaches controversial book !

I had to read Catcher in the Rye in 10th grade and it had a swear word in it.

 

[Colonel Angus]

Or just pay for private school.

Love it when public school educators delude themselves with the fantasy that the funding responsible for their paychecks just magically falls from the sky.

 

[Milhouse]

says the guy who works for his dad

 

[Colonel Angus]

sorry to burst your bubble but that ogboards.com urban legend has already been debunked

surely a proud registered member of the "party of truth" can come up with a better factual insult after 17,000+ posts

 

[06deacon]

I bet more school districts than 25 use textbooks that say slaves were treated well.

Seriously. Junebug and jh don’t give a fuck about historical accuracy in teaching - if so there are much bigger fish to fry. How many history textbooks are out there downplaying the role of slavery and emphasize “states rights” in secession? Probably more than 25.

 

[Strickland33]

I bet more school districts than 25 use textbooks that say unpaid interns were treated well.

fify

 

[Milhouse]

surely a proud registered member of the "party of truth" can come up with a better factual insult after 17,000+ posts

here is one just to start. you are a dumbass.

 

[WFcatamount22]

Things that are more racist than affirmative action:

American legal system
Juvenile life without parole
Wells Fargo
Ariana Grande
Justin Timberlake
White people wearing dreadlocks
Chet Hanks

ETA: people saying Black on Black crime

Is white people wearing dreadlocks racist now? Please tell me it is.

What did Ariana Grande and JT do that’s racist?

 

[Resilient Deac]

LOL Wells Fargo. Solid. I hate them so much

And yeah, what did Ariana and Justin do?

 

[MHBDemon]

Is white people wearing dreadlocks racist now? Please tell me it is.

What did Ariana Grande and JT do that’s racist?

Yes. To the second question, it’s obviously a little bit tongue in cheek, and there is plenty of gray area, but i think their music borders on appropriation.

 

[Rafi]

There is going to be so much more discussion of CRT in high schools and college campuses this year than ever before.

 

[PhDeac]

 

[warak]

There is going to be so much more discussion of CRT in high schools and college campuses this year than ever before.

I hope so, I don’t know what challenge Republicans have with the truth. It is American history that they said was their cause for not taking down statues of confederate monuments…what has changed?

 

[PhDeac]

Interesting thread about the first National Spelling Bee in 1908. A Black girl from New Orleans won. It made national news. Local celebrations were banned for fear of "race riots." Despite the popularity of the event, there wasn't another national spelling bee until the first Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1925.

This is about halfway through the thread.

Here's a good CNN opinion column about how the pandemic forced organizers to be more inclusive about participation in the bee:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/08/opinions/scripps-national-spelling-bee-equity-shankar/index.html

Socioeconomic concerns have come to the fore in recent years of this contest, regarding who is able to afford the contest and the preparation to get themselves there. With more spellers paying to attend than being sponsored, the contest was already skewing heavily toward families able to pay their own way.

Rather than revert to old models of competition, organizers can instead look to other ways the pandemic has forced innovations that could, if adapted, transform the Bee to be more inclusive and accessible. For example, conducting the first three rounds of the competition remotely meant that Scripps had to look beyond the onsite contest into spellers' homes. To create a uniform broadcast, they shipped each of the 209 participants (a smaller number than in years past, because of the pandemic) technology hardware and monitored the stability of each internet connection.

In acknowledging that not all children who wish to participate in the Bee possess equal internet access, the Bee could open up a new series of possibilities. What if, in every year going forward, early rounds of the competition could include remote participation for those unable (for financial or other reasons) to participate in person? What if, in future competitions, they provided those remote participants with the technological capabilities to be an equal part of the contest?

Given the increasing number of spellers paying coaches and training year-round for this event, Durnil emphasized the importance of "leveling up" the competition to meet the preparation of today's competitors. Why not take access a step further and offer financial assistance for coaching? All kids with aptitude and ability would greatly benefit from this kind of support. Need-based scholarships for coaching, even in limited amounts, would go a great distance to giving economically disadvantaged children a much fairer chance at progressing in this contest.

Spelling bees have to decide whether the goal is to find the best spellers or the best spellers with enough $$$ to participate.

 

[WFFaithful]

The second tweet is an oxymoron.