No consequence for teaching CRT

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I think the problem nobody wants to discuss is the "now what"? We acknowledge that racism still exists and that it is an ongoing issue that we need to keep addressing? True. Do we have conversations around paying reparations?

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly is CRT? Can you give an example of someone teaching it?

A very brief summary:

It is the theory that systemic racism is in society and is hampering the progress of African Americans.

It is not teaching that slavery was bad and that African Americans were mistreated. That is history and is being taught as it should be.

An example of inappropriate CRT: "privilege bingo"

So, you don't believe systemic racism exists? Do you also think vaccines are a woke conspiracy? Do you think the earth is flat?

NP. I object to privilege bingo in K-12 and I can't see any value in teaching any child that the land of the free and the home of the brave is oppressing them or that they are oppressors.

Can you explain the value to K-12 students to be taught that?

What is “privilege bingo?” I’ve never heard of this. Is that a Tucker Carlson Blog / newsmax type thing?

It was a bingo game played at Oakton high last year titled 'Identifying Your Privilege' . Students were to cover the squares that applied to them like being white, cisgender, parents are married, parents are employed, had their own room or had parents in the military. That was the only thing that caused it to make the 6pm NBC4 news - that military families were privileged. Otherwise it would have been swept under the rug and filed under "didn't happen".

True. And, this is just what was revealed. Believe me, military children are resilient. Their only privilege is that they are exposed to all kinds of people in all kinds of places. And, they have at least one parent with a job. But, they also have parents who deploy--multiple times into danger zones. Yet, some consider it 'priviledged."

You can help kids learn to be empathetic without making it racist. The part that all whites are priviledged and all people of color are not is troubling.

As a teacher, I just don’t like how preachy, didactic, and oversimplified the whole exercise is. It’s bad pedagogy.

The lessons are horribly racist, and terrible for children, particularly the many biracial and multiracial children of fairfax county.

To me, the lessons seem like the same racist ideas and stereotypes that I faced as a kid in the 70s, just endorsed and promoted by the school leadership and wrapped up with a different bow.

You aren't a teacher. These aren't new. No one just invented this. It's called history.

A am a teacher and a minority.

The lessons are racist, to whites, minority and mixed race students.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the problem nobody wants to discuss is the "now what"? We acknowledge that racism still exists and that it is an ongoing issue that we need to keep addressing? True. Do we have conversations around paying reparations?

No. There is a lot of bigotry now from multiple directions and we are not going to pay reparations to one group. The notion that we can wait 150 years and then redo Reconstruction is ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly is CRT? Can you give an example of someone teaching it?

A very brief summary:

It is the theory that systemic racism is in society and is hampering the progress of African Americans.

It is not teaching that slavery was bad and that African Americans were mistreated. That is history and is being taught as it should be.

An example of inappropriate CRT: "privilege bingo"

So, you don't believe systemic racism exists? Do you also think vaccines are a woke conspiracy? Do you think the earth is flat?

NP. I object to privilege bingo in K-12 and I can't see any value in teaching any child that the land of the free and the home of the brave is oppressing them or that they are oppressors.

Can you explain the value to K-12 students to be taught that?

What is “privilege bingo?” I’ve never heard of this. Is that a Tucker Carlson Blog / newsmax type thing?

It was a bingo game played at Oakton high last year titled 'Identifying Your Privilege' . Students were to cover the squares that applied to them like being white, cisgender, parents are married, parents are employed, had their own room or had parents in the military. That was the only thing that caused it to make the 6pm NBC4 news - that military families were privileged. Otherwise it would have been swept under the rug and filed under "didn't happen".

True. And, this is just what was revealed. Believe me, military children are resilient. Their only privilege is that they are exposed to all kinds of people in all kinds of places. And, they have at least one parent with a job. But, they also have parents who deploy--multiple times into danger zones. Yet, some consider it 'priviledged."

You can help kids learn to be empathetic without making it racist. The part that all whites are priviledged and all people of color are not is troubling.

As a teacher, I just don’t like how preachy, didactic, and oversimplified the whole exercise is. It’s bad pedagogy.

The lessons are horribly racist, and terrible for children, particularly the many biracial and multiracial children of fairfax county.

To me, the lessons seem like the same racist ideas and stereotypes that I faced as a kid in the 70s, just endorsed and promoted by the school leadership and wrapped up with a different bow.

Which lessons?

ES Teacher

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Anonymous wrote:I sure hope OP's kid stays long enough in public schools to overrun the family's indemic racism.

Keep fighting Virginia- you can see that you have a lot to do in keeping public education safe from these right wing fringe groups.

No, hun, we're moderates who love our country and want to improve it, not tear it down, not tear it apart.

And our voices may not be the loudest but we are the majority.

ng at
You are not moderate at all. You are an right wing, very uneducated racist. And you are not the majority. We were there for 2020, and we were there for the midterms. We will be there for 2024, because we see how steep the stakes are.

FWIW: I am an earlier poster. Not the one to whom you are directly responding in this post. You may have responded to my posts earlier.

You appear to be a poster (or posters) who is demeaning those who argue with you. Accusing people of being "uneducated" or worse is not helpful. Challenging specific points is okay--but personal attacks are troubling.

The posters defending our country have not demeaned you, but have simply pointed out where we think you are mistaken. But, the leftist(s) on here ae demeaning anyone who points out flaws in the argument.

Our country was founded on Principles. No. It is not perfect and that is certainly pointed out in history classes--and has been pointed out for years. The roll out was certainly troublesome and oppressive to slaves and others. But, it was a great step in the right direction. Sadly, slavery was not isolated to the Western Hemisphere. People seem to forget that. There was slavery in Africa long before here. There was the equivalent of slavery in Europe, too. But, we now have come to the point through wars and laws that protect people. It is still a work in progress, but it is thanks to our Founders that the framework was there.

I feel as if it is conservatives who are trying to undermine the principles on which this country was founded.

It might be helpful if you gave some thought to what they are saying.
I was a teacher of primary grades. NO child benefits from being taught that he is a victim or a bully. You can help kids learn to be kind to others without demeaning them. Behavior can be bad without teaching kids that they are bad.

Critical Race Theory is in opposition to my beliefs. I do not believe that people are inherently racist. Why do I believe that? Because when I began teaching I taught in the projects. I taught extremely poor African American kids and extremely poor white kids. There were a lot of extremely rough kids--both Black and White. But, they played together and fought together without racial animus that I could detect. I do not ever recall hearing the "n" word used there--and that was when the word was much more prevalent than today.
One of my fondest memories was a very hot day after the kids were outside. We were having storytime with the kids at their desks because it was so hot and we had no air conditioning. Some of the kids put their heads on their desks because they were tired. I looked up from the story and two of the boys--one Black with a large Afro, and the other white with stringy blond hair--had their hands on each other's head feeling their hair. It was touching and perfect.

Yes. There is racism, but we will never move on as long as we are being told how racist we are. And, a PP has been calling anyone who disagrees with his/her argument a racist. This is an anonymous forum. There is a PP has no idea of the background of the people to whom she is responding.

Thank you for your words of wisdom. Your empirical insight based on your extended observation - as opposed to some comments here that appear regurgitated out of Marxist textbooks - is very refreshing nowadays. One can only hope FCPS has a large pool of teachers with your life experience and perspective for the benefit of our students.

Where is this being taught in the primary grades? Example please?

Current ES Teacher (posted at 08:48)

Still waiting…

ES Teacher

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly is CRT? Can you give an example of someone teaching it?

A very brief summary:

It is the theory that systemic racism is in society and is hampering the progress of African Americans.

It is not teaching that slavery was bad and that African Americans were mistreated. That is history and is being taught as it should be.

An example of inappropriate CRT: "privilege bingo"

So, you don't believe systemic racism exists? Do you also think vaccines are a woke conspiracy? Do you think the earth is flat?

NP. I object to privilege bingo in K-12 and I can't see any value in teaching any child that the land of the free and the home of the brave is oppressing them or that they are oppressors.

Can you explain the value to K-12 students to be taught that?

What is “privilege bingo?” I’ve never heard of this. Is that a Tucker Carlson Blog / newsmax type thing?

It was a bingo game played at Oakton high last year titled 'Identifying Your Privilege' . Students were to cover the squares that applied to them like being white, cisgender, parents are married, parents are employed, had their own room or had parents in the military. That was the only thing that caused it to make the 6pm NBC4 news - that military families were privileged. Otherwise it would have been swept under the rug and filed under "didn't happen".

True. And, this is just what was revealed. Believe me, military children are resilient. Their only privilege is that they are exposed to all kinds of people in all kinds of places. And, they have at least one parent with a job. But, they also have parents who deploy--multiple times into danger zones. Yet, some consider it 'priviledged."

You can help kids learn to be empathetic without making it racist. The part that all whites are priviledged and all people of color are not is troubling.

As a teacher, I just don’t like how preachy, didactic, and oversimplified the whole exercise is. It’s bad pedagogy.

The lessons are horribly racist, and terrible for children, particularly the many biracial and multiracial children of fairfax county.

To me, the lessons seem like the same racist ideas and stereotypes that I faced as a kid in the 70s, just endorsed and promoted by the school leadership and wrapped up with a different bow.

You aren't a teacher. These aren't new. No one just invented this. It's called history.

A am a teacher and a minority.

The lessons are racist, to whites, minority and mixed race students.

Don't believe you.
1. You wouldn't have gotten a college degree with your understanding of history. Not in education, anyway.
2. You wouldn't get a job unless it's a private Christian school, which makes you employed, but not licensed or qualified.
3. You wouldn't use the term minority. Come on.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the problem nobody wants to discuss is the "now what"? We acknowledge that racism still exists and that it is an ongoing issue that we need to keep addressing? True. Do we have conversations around paying reparations?

No. There is a lot of bigotry now from multiple directions and we are not going to pay reparations to one group. The notion that we can wait 150 years and then redo Reconstruction is ridiculous.

Reparations have nothing to do with this thread. Different thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I sure hope OP's kid stays long enough in public schools to overrun the family's indemic racism.

Keep fighting Virginia- you can see that you have a lot to do in keeping public education safe from these right wing fringe groups.

No, hun, we're moderates who love our country and want to improve it, not tear it down, not tear it apart.

And our voices may not be the loudest but we are the majority.

ng at
You are not moderate at all. You are an right wing, very uneducated racist. And you are not the majority. We were there for 2020, and we were there for the midterms. We will be there for 2024, because we see how steep the stakes are.

FWIW: I am an earlier poster. Not the one to whom you are directly responding in this post. You may have responded to my posts earlier.

You appear to be a poster (or posters) who is demeaning those who argue with you. Accusing people of being "uneducated" or worse is not helpful. Challenging specific points is okay--but personal attacks are troubling.

The posters defending our country have not demeaned you, but have simply pointed out where we think you are mistaken. But, the leftist(s) on here ae demeaning anyone who points out flaws in the argument.

Our country was founded on Principles. No. It is not perfect and that is certainly pointed out in history classes--and has been pointed out for years. The roll out was certainly troublesome and oppressive to slaves and others. But, it was a great step in the right direction. Sadly, slavery was not isolated to the Western Hemisphere. People seem to forget that. There was slavery in Africa long before here. There was the equivalent of slavery in Europe, too. But, we now have come to the point through wars and laws that protect people. It is still a work in progress, but it is thanks to our Founders that the framework was there.

I feel as if it is conservatives who are trying to undermine the principles on which this country was founded.

It might be helpful if you gave some thought to what they are saying.
I was a teacher of primary grades. NO child benefits from being taught that he is a victim or a bully. You can help kids learn to be kind to others without demeaning them. Behavior can be bad without teaching kids that they are bad.

Critical Race Theory is in opposition to my beliefs. I do not believe that people are inherently racist. Why do I believe that? Because when I began teaching I taught in the projects. I taught extremely poor African American kids and extremely poor white kids. There were a lot of extremely rough kids--both Black and White. But, they played together and fought together without racial animus that I could detect. I do not ever recall hearing the "n" word used there--and that was when the word was much more prevalent than today.
One of my fondest memories was a very hot day after the kids were outside. We were having storytime with the kids at their desks because it was so hot and we had no air conditioning. Some of the kids put their heads on their desks because they were tired. I looked up from the story and two of the boys--one Black with a large Afro, and the other white with stringy blond hair--had their hands on each other's head feeling their hair. It was touching and perfect.

Yes. There is racism, but we will never move on as long as we are being told how racist we are. And, a PP has been calling anyone who disagrees with his/her argument a racist. This is an anonymous forum. There is a PP has no idea of the background of the people to whom she is responding.

Thank you for your words of wisdom. Your empirical insight based on your extended observation - as opposed to some comments here that appear regurgitated out of Marxist textbooks - is very refreshing nowadays. One can only hope FCPS has a large pool of teachers with your life experience and perspective for the benefit of our students.

Where is this being taught in the primary grades? Example please?

Current ES Teacher (posted at 08:48)

Still waiting…

ES Teacher

What you need to know is that there is a racist sock puppet on here. That's all. Maybe it's the OP, or not, but this is a sock puppet.

[Anonymous]

Moms of Liberty is pure trash.

Stay away from our schools & kids.

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly is CRT? Can you give an example of someone teaching it?

A very brief summary:

It is the theory that systemic racism is in society and is hampering the progress of African Americans.

It is not teaching that slavery was bad and that African Americans were mistreated. That is history and is being taught as it should be.

An example of inappropriate CRT: "privilege bingo"

So, you don't believe systemic racism exists? Do you also think vaccines are a woke conspiracy? Do you think the earth is flat?

NP. I object to privilege bingo in K-12 and I can't see any value in teaching any child that the land of the free and the home of the brave is oppressing them or that they are oppressors.

Can you explain the value to K-12 students to be taught that?

What is “privilege bingo?” I’ve never heard of this. Is that a Tucker Carlson Blog / newsmax type thing?

It was a bingo game played at Oakton high last year titled 'Identifying Your Privilege' . Students were to cover the squares that applied to them like being white, cisgender, parents are married, parents are employed, had their own room or had parents in the military. That was the only thing that caused it to make the 6pm NBC4 news - that military families were privileged. Otherwise it would have been swept under the rug and filed under "didn't happen".

True. And, this is just what was revealed. Believe me, military children are resilient. Their only privilege is that they are exposed to all kinds of people in all kinds of places. And, they have at least one parent with a job. But, they also have parents who deploy--multiple times into danger zones. Yet, some consider it 'priviledged."

You can help kids learn to be empathetic without making it racist. The part that all whites are priviledged and all people of color are not is troubling.

It's not troubling. Its mostly true. People treat poc, particularly black people as less than. There is nothing wrong with trying to teach kids to examine their own biases. Do you agree that the police treat poc, particularly black people very differently? I'll be waiting for you answer.

DP. What battle are you fighting? MPD is not a police department with significant racial issues.

No one is talking about Maryland.

This is a Fairfax County thread.

MPD is DC. If you're trying to save Black people from the evil police, except that MPD isn't evil. And neither is FCPD...

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly is CRT? Can you give an example of someone teaching it?

A very brief summary:

It is the theory that systemic racism is in society and is hampering the progress of African Americans.

It is not teaching that slavery was bad and that African Americans were mistreated. That is history and is being taught as it should be.

An example of inappropriate CRT: "privilege bingo"

So, you don't believe systemic racism exists? Do you also think vaccines are a woke conspiracy? Do you think the earth is flat?

NP. I object to privilege bingo in K-12 and I can't see any value in teaching any child that the land of the free and the home of the brave is oppressing them or that they are oppressors.

Can you explain the value to K-12 students to be taught that?

What is “privilege bingo?” I’ve never heard of this. Is that a Tucker Carlson Blog / newsmax type thing?

It was a bingo game played at Oakton high last year titled 'Identifying Your Privilege' . Students were to cover the squares that applied to them like being white, cisgender, parents are married, parents are employed, had their own room or had parents in the military. That was the only thing that caused it to make the 6pm NBC4 news - that military families were privileged. Otherwise it would have been swept under the rug and filed under "didn't happen".

True. And, this is just what was revealed. Believe me, military children are resilient. Their only privilege is that they are exposed to all kinds of people in all kinds of places. And, they have at least one parent with a job. But, they also have parents who deploy--multiple times into danger zones. Yet, some consider it 'priviledged."

You can help kids learn to be empathetic without making it racist. The part that all whites are priviledged and all people of color are not is troubling.

It's not troubling. Its mostly true. People treat poc, particularly black people as less than. There is nothing wrong with trying to teach kids to examine their own biases. Do you agree that the police treat poc, particularly black people very differently? I'll be waiting for you answer.

DP. What battle are you fighting? MPD is not a police department with significant racial issues.

No one is talking about Maryland.

This is a Fairfax County thread.

MPD is DC. If you're trying to save Black people from the evil police, except that MPD isn't evil. And neither is FCPD...

This is a fairfax county public schools (Virginia) forum. Not a MD politics forum

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Anonymous wrote:I sure hope OP's kid stays long enough in public schools to overrun the family's indemic racism.

Keep fighting Virginia- you can see that you have a lot to do in keeping public education safe from these right wing fringe groups.

No, hun, we're moderates who love our country and want to improve it, not tear it down, not tear it apart.

And our voices may not be the loudest but we are the majority.

ng at
You are not moderate at all. You are an right wing, very uneducated racist. And you are not the majority. We were there for 2020, and we were there for the midterms. We will be there for 2024, because we see how steep the stakes are.

FWIW: I am an earlier poster. Not the one to whom you are directly responding in this post. You may have responded to my posts earlier.

You appear to be a poster (or posters) who is demeaning those who argue with you. Accusing people of being "uneducated" or worse is not helpful. Challenging specific points is okay--but personal attacks are troubling.

The posters defending our country have not demeaned you, but have simply pointed out where we think you are mistaken. But, the leftist(s) on here ae demeaning anyone who points out flaws in the argument.

Our country was founded on Principles. No. It is not perfect and that is certainly pointed out in history classes--and has been pointed out for years. The roll out was certainly troublesome and oppressive to slaves and others. But, it was a great step in the right direction. Sadly, slavery was not isolated to the Western Hemisphere. People seem to forget that. There was slavery in Africa long before here. There was the equivalent of slavery in Europe, too. But, we now have come to the point through wars and laws that protect people. It is still a work in progress, but it is thanks to our Founders that the framework was there.

I feel as if it is conservatives who are trying to undermine the principles on which this country was founded.

It might be helpful if you gave some thought to what they are saying.
I was a teacher of primary grades. NO child benefits from being taught that he is a victim or a bully. You can help kids learn to be kind to others without demeaning them. Behavior can be bad without teaching kids that they are bad.

Critical Race Theory is in opposition to my beliefs. I do not believe that people are inherently racist. Why do I believe that? Because when I began teaching I taught in the projects. I taught extremely poor African American kids and extremely poor white kids. There were a lot of extremely rough kids--both Black and White. But, they played together and fought together without racial animus that I could detect. I do not ever recall hearing the "n" word used there--and that was when the word was much more prevalent than today.
One of my fondest memories was a very hot day after the kids were outside. We were having storytime with the kids at their desks because it was so hot and we had no air conditioning. Some of the kids put their heads on their desks because they were tired. I looked up from the story and two of the boys--one Black with a large Afro, and the other white with stringy blond hair--had their hands on each other's head feeling their hair. It was touching and perfect.

Yes. There is racism, but we will never move on as long as we are being told how racist we are. And, a PP has been calling anyone who disagrees with his/her argument a racist. This is an anonymous forum. There is a PP has no idea of the background of the people to whom she is responding.

Thank you for your words of wisdom. Your empirical insight based on your extended observation - as opposed to some comments here that appear regurgitated out of Marxist textbooks - is very refreshing nowadays. One can only hope FCPS has a large pool of teachers with your life experience and perspective for the benefit of our students.

Where is this being taught in the primary grades? Example please?

Current ES Teacher (posted at 08:48)

Still waiting…

ES Teacher

Exactly…list the grade, unit, and lesson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the problem nobody wants to discuss is the "now what"? We acknowledge that racism still exists and that it is an ongoing issue that we need to keep addressing? True. Do we have conversations around paying reparations?

No. There is a lot of bigotry now from multiple directions and we are not going to pay reparations to one group. The notion that we can wait 150 years and then redo Reconstruction is ridiculous.

CRT can pretend all they want it was about "Equity" but it's obvious it started for this very reason (BLM lists it as a reason) to push for reparations which is why a lot of people were and are against it. The thing is intergenerational wealth is in some families and not in others, so resentment grows on this privilege plus it just adds a weird racist competing vibe that undermines the whole purpose of creating collaboration between races. Many people blow through savings and leave nothing for the next generation, so privilege isn't really something the next generation sees unless you consider living in America privilege which it is, but not the point of CRT. Yes, some institutions did not allow blacks in and there is also passed down teaching but now with the internet anyone can get an idea of how to live a better life and there are laws to prevent discrimination in all areas of living. I think the US should provide reparations to families that survived slavery and then just be done with it. If we can get other countries to do is as a result of WWII, we can provide something for their own failings. It gets tricky though because a war was fought over this issue and people think that because their son died in it that they've already paid the price. But Germany tried to annihilate Jews and started a war to become a racist nation and they had to pay reparations, so it's not unheard of to have to do both. It would also reduce the discussions about immigrants not being equal enough. If you come into the country, you have the same rights as natives but it's the same as going to any country that you are starting over. You don't get extra special treatment just because you immigrated here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly is CRT? Can you give an example of someone teaching it?

A very brief summary:

It is the theory that systemic racism is in society and is hampering the progress of African Americans.

It is not teaching that slavery was bad and that African Americans were mistreated. That is history and is being taught as it should be.

An example of inappropriate CRT: "privilege bingo"

So, you don't believe systemic racism exists? Do you also think vaccines are a woke conspiracy? Do you think the earth is flat?

NP. I object to privilege bingo in K-12 and I can't see any value in teaching any child that the land of the free and the home of the brave is oppressing them or that they are oppressors.

Can you explain the value to K-12 students to be taught that?

What is “privilege bingo?” I’ve never heard of this. Is that a Tucker Carlson Blog / newsmax type thing?

It was a bingo game played at Oakton high last year titled 'Identifying Your Privilege' . Students were to cover the squares that applied to them like being white, cisgender, parents are married, parents are employed, had their own room or had parents in the military. That was the only thing that caused it to make the 6pm NBC4 news - that military families were privileged. Otherwise it would have been swept under the rug and filed under "didn't happen".

True. And, this is just what was revealed. Believe me, military children are resilient. Their only privilege is that they are exposed to all kinds of people in all kinds of places. And, they have at least one parent with a job. But, they also have parents who deploy--multiple times into danger zones. Yet, some consider it 'priviledged."

You can help kids learn to be empathetic without making it racist. The part that all whites are priviledged and all people of color are not is troubling.

As a teacher, I just don’t like how preachy, didactic, and oversimplified the whole exercise is. It’s bad pedagogy.

The lessons are horribly racist, and terrible for children, particularly the many biracial and multiracial children of fairfax county.

To me, the lessons seem like the same racist ideas and stereotypes that I faced as a kid in the 70s, just endorsed and promoted by the school leadership and wrapped up with a different bow.

What lessons? Then and now? Please delineate what exactly is being taught, what school, and what grade.

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It was a bingo game played at Oakton high last year titled 'Identifying Your Privilege' . Students were to cover the squares that applied to them like being white, cisgender, parents are married, parents are employed, had their own room or had parents in the military. That was the only thing that caused it to make the 6pm NBC4 news - that military families were privileged. Otherwise it would have been swept under the rug and filed under "didn't happen".

True. And, this is just what was revealed. Believe me, military children are resilient. Their only privilege is that they are exposed to all kinds of people in all kinds of places. And, they have at least one parent with a job. But, they also have parents who deploy--multiple times into danger zones. Yet, some consider it 'priviledged."

You can help kids learn to be empathetic without making it racist. The part that all whites are priviledged and all people of color are not is troubling.

What's interesting about this game is that it wasn't specifically aimed at race. It seems to be showing that "privilege" isn't actually confined to race but occurs in very overlooked things like "having an intact family". I don't see the issue with this. The concept of having certain things that work towards your advantage is again, showing people perspective. Its not saying that ALL white people are better off than ALL POC. Or that ALL people with a two parent household are better off that ALL people with divorced or blended families. We all have a mix of advantages and disadvantages. Why is this bad to discuss at the high school level as these kids are about to go out into the world and start interacting with more people from different walks of life?