Do you think cotillion is racist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's steeped in a troubling race and class history, and that there are more contemporary and progressive ways to teach "manners" and "sophistication" but that most people who send their kids to cotillion are people who are not terribly concerned with being progressive and don't value (or are icked out by) the alternatives.

So, yeah? But more likely in a ignorant or micro-agression or insular bubble way than an overtly racist way. But I am sure there are a few racists in every cotillion class.

OMG. Classic DCUM nuttery.

[Anonymous]

Oh good grief. No, not in the slightest.

[Anonymous]

We are an LGBQ family and our child attended his first Cotillion first class with excitement. We were dismayed when the instructor Shelley (who I believe is one of the owners) treated my child with complete disrespect when he asked a simple question, furthermore she muttered a racist remark under her breath that my child indeed heard. It's very possible that this sort of curriculum is as outdated as the owners and instructors themselves. Beware if these old-school ideals and your children when considering JDW Cotillions

[Anonymous]

If you don’t like it, don’t send your kid, and never think about it again. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you must have a chip on your shoulders, sure, I guess. Just like anything can be twisted to be racist or classist or whatever. If you want to ban cotillons, you might as well get rid of Jack and Jill. The black communities have their own forms of classism and racism too.

If you're normal, it's just something some people like to do. Let and live.

Wait -- what's Jack and Jill? I'm from the Midwest, I don't understand any of this.

There's Jack and Jill in the Midwest. IYKYK.

https://www.jackandjillinc.org/

[Anonymous]

Jack and Jill is cotillion for rich Black people - no?

[Anonymous]

OMG, not another one of these, Do you think ____ is racist. Yes, yes indeed. It's racist. Because you want ot to be and you go looking for examples of racism everywhere because it's your new hobby. So yes, everything is racist. Your car is racist. Your dish soap is racist. Your brat kid is racist and certainly, you are a big 'ple racist.

Happy now. Can we stop with the, is this racist posts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are an LGBQ family and our child attended his first Cotillion first class with excitement. We were dismayed when the instructor Shelley (who I believe is one of the owners) treated my child with complete disrespect when he asked a simple question, furthermore she muttered a racist remark under her breath that my child indeed heard. It's very possible that this sort of curriculum is as outdated as the owners and instructors themselves. Beware if these old-school ideals and your children when considering JDW Cotillions

What is JDW Cotillion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Classist, misogynist, and not inclusive of anyone in the LGBTQ community. Parents should be ashamed for sending their kids.

So you want Wellesley College cancelled too!?

Are you 80 years old and think it's the 1940s?

[Anonymous]

I am Indian and I am thinking about sending my child to junior cotillion because her manners are atrocious.

[Anonymous]

I mean…of course it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am Indian and I am thinking about sending my child to junior cotillion because her manners are atrocious.

That’s on you, mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are an LGBQ family and our child attended his first Cotillion first class with excitement. We were dismayed when the instructor Shelley (who I believe is one of the owners) treated my child with complete disrespect when he asked a simple question, furthermore she muttered a racist remark under her breath that my child indeed heard. It's very possible that this sort of curriculum is as outdated as the owners and instructors themselves. Beware if these old-school ideals and your children when considering JDW Cotillions

Things that never happened for $200

[Anonymous]

Is it not just a debutante type ball?

[Anonymous]

Im a super casual, super liberal person, and I credit much of my confidence to cotillion. You have to know the rules like the back of your hand to know where to press to change things.