Is your MSer learning the 13 Guiding Principles of BLM?

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

What does what you posted above have to do with BLM? You do realize that people can want equality for all and not agree with BLM ideology?

Which principle offends you so much, can I ask?

Restorative Justice
Empathy
Loving Engagement
Diversity
Globalism
Queer Affirming
Trans Affirming
Collective Value
Intergenerational
Black Families
Black Villages
Unapologetically Black
Black Women

Wow. And I thought they took down all of the offensive verbiage from their website. If you don't see the word manipulation here, and the racist undertones, I don't know what to tell you.

Tell us where what’s wrong! You sound smart, you should be able to articulate where the manipulation and racist undertones are.

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Anonymous wrote:Prepare for your head to explode: I taught the 13 principles to my kindergarteners. Each class in our school adopted one of the principles to study in depth, from prek to 8th grade.

If you seriously taught kindergarteners about homosexuality and transgender issues then I really hope you get fired. And that's not even considering the political indoctrination which should also be a fireable offense.

I cannot believe what this country has come to that this is happening in our public schools.

+10000

That’s why we are starting to see a mass exodus from public schools right now which will change the landscape of everything from real estate prices to an even further widening of the ideological gap between leftists and everyone else.

LOL. Active fantasy life you lead there.

These aren't "leftist" ideas. They are common sense, decent people ideas. Anyone who is threatened by them SHOULD leave the schools though -- they're dregs on society and need to be cast out.

Wow. Do you always make threats against people with whom you disagree, "decent" person?

I made no threat. You seem to have some issues with language and ideas.

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Anonymous wrote:This is insane. If you object you are marked a racist. BLM is an ideology, plain and simple. MCPS’s mission should not be teaching ideology to my children. I am all for teaching children not to be racist, but not according to the tenets of BLM.

I adamantly object and I am anything but a racist. If I find out this is going on in my kids' classrooms, I will pull them out of class while these sessions are going on. It's really quite simple.

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This is like religious indoctrination.

Lol. How, exactly? And I mean that. Be precise.

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SO what exactly here is so objectionable?
https://www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/black-lives-matter/13-guiding-principles

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Thanks, but I'm responsible for my children develop thought in these areas, not you, and not the school.

Well as an ordinary member of society I’m glad the school is stepping up because I don’t trust you to do it.

Well, they are my children, so I have the final say. And if you think I trust people like you to do it, you're out of your mind.

You really don’t have the final say if you put your kid in a public school. You can’t shield their delicate ears from hearing about some political ideologies, just like you can’t shield them from learning about multiplication.

Not that I owe you an explanation, but - I am very in touch with my kids' teachers. If this topic comes up as some sort of a presentation, my kids are excused and do not attend. I think my kids' teachers actually agree with me and are very responsive to requests to keep me informed.

That’s cool. Now we will know who the kids with the racist parents are. That’s actually hugely helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:You sound like you are bending over backward to keep your kids uninformed. But yay for your kids’ teachers being supportive of that.

Also my daughter says she learned about the existence of transgender people from a book at the library. I promise, you cannot shield your kid from things you disagree with.

But you they can warp their kids' understanding of the world, and perpetuate problems.

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Thanks, but I'm responsible for my children develop thought in these areas, not you, and not the school.

Well as an ordinary member of society I’m glad the school is stepping up because I don’t trust you to do it.

Well, they are my children, so I have the final say. And if you think I trust people like you to do it, you're out of your mind.

DP. You don't have the final say if you also decide to put them in public schools. For good or ill you give up the right to be the final say in your kids education when you let other people do it.

I'll repeat. Pull your kids out of these sessions. Yes, the teachers will let you do that.

Good way to get your stigmatized. And rightfully so.

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

What does what you posted above have to do with BLM? You do realize that people can want equality for all and not agree with BLM ideology?

Which principle offends you so much, can I ask?

Restorative Justice
Empathy
Loving Engagement
Diversity
Globalism
Queer Affirming
Trans Affirming
Collective Value
Intergenerational
Black Families
Black Villages
Unapologetically Black
Black Women

Wow. And I thought they took down all of the offensive verbiage from their website. If you don't see the word manipulation here, and the racist undertones, I don't know what to tell you.

Tell us where what’s wrong! You sound smart, you should be able to articulate where the manipulation and racist undertones are.

I'd love to see PP "unteaching" some of those themes to her kid at home -- "No, Larla, the whiteness of our skin doesn't give us any privileges in US society no manner how many data points your teacher shared with you and also, you shouldn't try to have empathy for people who are different from you."

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

CRT is not "extremely racist." The only one who is racist is someone who would object to it by characterizing it as ""extremely racist."

Do you actually have a white robe and hood in your closet?

This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

I think this is actually useful because white people get sooooo uptight and take it personally when people point out racism. If more white people understood these concepts, they could look at racism objectively and focus more on the problems and less on getting offended when somebody points out how lots of our institutions favor white people. (I’m white by the way)

But I know people hate hearing that their supposed colorblindness isn’t good enough so I’ll stop there.

This is the entire thing right here. When white people react this way to having white privilege pointed out, they internalize it and take it VERY personally, as if it's an attack on their character. "Oh, *I* am not racist! *I* don't see color! How DARE these people accuse me of racism." But they also have never experienced what a POC has and they literally have NO IDEA what POC live with every day. But instead of shutting up and listening, they instinctually stomp their feet and protest that they are being attacked or they don't LIKE the messages that would even dare to suggest that they're not the wonderful people they think they are. The irony is most of them ARE good people. But if they would just drop their defensive dukes and listen a little more and talk a little less, and stop trying to control the narrative about race relations, they might come to a better understanding and we might actually make meaningful progress towards racial healing as a nation.

It's almost like people don't like being lumped together and treated poorly because of the color of their skin.

Or being told to sit down and shut up when it comes to how their children are educated.

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Thanks, but I'm responsible for my children develop thought in these areas, not you, and not the school.

Well as an ordinary member of society I’m glad the school is stepping up because I don’t trust you to do it.

Well, they are my children, so I have the final say. And if you think I trust people like you to do it, you're out of your mind.

You really don’t have the final say if you put your kid in a public school. You can’t shield their delicate ears from hearing about some political ideologies, just like you can’t shield them from learning about multiplication.

Not that I owe you an explanation, but - I am very in touch with my kids' teachers. If this topic comes up as some sort of a presentation, my kids are excused and do not attend. I think my kids' teachers actually agree with me and are very responsive to requests to keep me informed.

You sound like you are bending over backward to keep your kids uninformed. But yay for your kids’ teachers being supportive of that.

Also my daughter says she learned about the existence of transgender people from a book at the library. I promise, you cannot shield your kid from things you disagree with.

How do you “disagree” with transgendered people, anyway? They exist. That’s like saying you disagree that George Washington was the first president of the USA (inaugurated on this date, as a matter of fact).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you “disagree” with transgendered people, anyway? They exist. That’s like saying you disagree that George Washington was the first president of the USA (inaugurated on this date, as a matter of fact).

It's a different world if you regularly listen to Fox "news".

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Thanks, but I'm responsible for my children develop thought in these areas, not you, and not the school.

Well as an ordinary member of society I’m glad the school is stepping up because I don’t trust you to do it.

Well, they are my children, so I have the final say. And if you think I trust people like you to do it, you're out of your mind.

You really don’t have the final say if you put your kid in a public school. You can’t shield their delicate ears from hearing about some political ideologies, just like you can’t shield them from learning about multiplication.

Not that I owe you an explanation, but - I am very in touch with my kids' teachers. If this topic comes up as some sort of a presentation, my kids are excused and do not attend. I think my kids' teachers actually agree with me and are very responsive to requests to keep me informed.

You sound like you are bending over backward to keep your kids uninformed. But yay for your kids’ teachers being supportive of that.

Also my daughter says she learned about the existence of transgender people from a book at the library. I promise, you cannot shield your kid from things you disagree with.

How do you “disagree” with transgendered people, anyway? They exist. That’s like saying you disagree that George Washington was the first president of the USA (inaugurated on this date, as a matter of fact).

I love when people freak out about educating their kids about transgendered people. My 5 year old has MET transgendered kids slightly older than him. Same with same sex couples. What do you expect teachers to do? "Oh, no, Larlo -- those people don't exist. That person sitting next to you with two moms? Not real."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Showing diverse family sturctures is not that same as introducing sexuality as a topic.

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Thanks, but I'm responsible for my children develop thought in these areas, not you, and not the school.

Well as an ordinary member of society I’m glad the school is stepping up because I don’t trust you to do it.

Well, they are my children, so I have the final say. And if you think I trust people like you to do it, you're out of your mind.

You really don’t have the final say if you put your kid in a public school. You can’t shield their delicate ears from hearing about some political ideologies, just like you can’t shield them from learning about multiplication.

Not that I owe you an explanation, but - I am very in touch with my kids' teachers. If this topic comes up as some sort of a presentation, my kids are excused and do not attend. I think my kids' teachers actually agree with me and are very responsive to requests to keep me informed.

You sound like you are bending over backward to keep your kids uninformed. But yay for your kids’ teachers being supportive of that.

Also my daughter says she learned about the existence of transgender people from a book at the library. I promise, you cannot shield your kid from things you disagree with.

How do you “disagree” with transgendered people, anyway? They exist. That’s like saying you disagree that George Washington was the first president of the USA (inaugurated on this date, as a matter of fact).

Just so we are clear, I’m the person who said “you cannot shield your kid from things you disagree with,” and I was referring to things generally, like learning about BLM. So the lady who doesn’t want her kids to know that trans people exist and that Black Lives Matter isn’t worth learning about isn’t the one who said anything about disagreeing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

Being taught people hold a list of specific beliefs is not the same as being taught to follow it. I used to teach at that school. We taught the kids principles from Islam, Buddhism, Judaism. We also taught principles of Maoism so students would understand what the Communist Chinese believed. No one thought we were telling them they had to believe those things. It was different when we taught the principles of government in the US Constitution. We were clearly promoting an agenda then because we made students write about how those principles made our government so great.