Teacher told kids on zoom class to write about their white privilege

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be happy about this at all. not the school's place to take this to a personal level. I dont want my kids to feel bad or guilty about who they are. we teach kindness and respect for all at home.

This is the problem with “nice white ladies.” The are comfortable with the status quo and won’t take steps to fight racism. You can acknowledge your privilege and not feel guilt.

Nice liberal whites ladies are the ultimate racists. They act like they are superior and are the only ones who can help poor inferior minorities. God forbid one thinks we all can help ourselves and are equal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't be happy about this at all. not the school's place to take this to a personal level. I dont want my kids to feel bad or guilty about who they are. we teach kindness and respect for all at home.

This is the problem with “nice white ladies.” The are comfortable with the status quo and won’t take steps to fight racism. You can acknowledge your privilege and not feel guilt.

I have zero privilege. ZERO! I don't feel guilt as I've never had privilege.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you Tucker Carlson?

No, its someone in a trailor park out in Spottsylvania Co, VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White kids are being taught either overtly or subliminally to feel tremendous shame for being white. Make no mistake. That might not be the intention but that is what is happening. There Has to be a better approach. It will backfire tremendously if we keep down this path, just look at trump. People feel silenced and oppressed. If they disagree with anything that is so called politically incorrect they are called racist- a death knell, the ultimate way to shut down ant discourse. They are completely silenced and belittled. We need to find another way of being racially sensitive without doing what happened at the op’s school. [/quote

TROLL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White kids are being taught either overtly or subliminally to feel tremendous shame for being white. Make no mistake. That might not be the intention but that is what is happening. There Has to be a better approach. It will backfire tremendously if we keep down this path, just look at trump. People feel silenced and oppressed. If they disagree with anything that is so called politically incorrect they are called racist- a death knell, the ultimate way to shut down ant discourse. They are completely silenced and belittled. We need to find another way of being racially sensitive without doing what happened at the op’s school. [/quote

TROLL

No troll that’s what people thought 4 years ago when trump won. You are out of touch. My children have expressed white Shame from an early age and at 3 said they wished they were black. And now worry tremendously about how their black friends view them because my kids are white. We are independent. Our very liberal Biden loving friends children have expressed the same views. Why do you think that is? Why are the issues I am raising disregarded and labeled a troll? And we are supposed to take everything the others say about minority racism at face value? If you really want to eradicate racism then we have to acknowledge that it happens both ways. Ps I did not vote for trump

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you aren't comfortable writing about "white privilege" then flip it - I don't think it would be too hard for my elementary or middle schooler to write about all the ways in which life can be harder when you're black. Do you really think that's not true? Do you really not want your kids to be aware of it?

That is still equally inappropriate especially for that age.

Not all white kids have privilege and not all black kids have terrible lives and depending on the child have a lot more privilege.

Um, nothing about the concept of white privilege says that "all black kids have terrible lives" or that you can't have white privilege and ALSO have a terrible life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you Tucker Carlson?

No, its someone in a trailor park out in Spottsylvania Co, VA

And what’s wrong with spottsylvania or living in a trailer? Snob much? If people are hardworking, kind, and contribute to society who cares if they live in a trailer? Disgusting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you aren't comfortable writing about "white privilege" then flip it - I don't think it would be too hard for my elementary or middle schooler to write about all the ways in which life can be harder when you're black. Do you really think that's not true? Do you really not want your kids to be aware of it?

That is still equally inappropriate especially for that age.

Not all white kids have privilege and not all black kids have terrible lives and depending on the child have a lot more privilege.

Um, nothing about the concept of white privilege says that "all black kids have terrible lives" or that you can't have white privilege and ALSO have a terrible life.

A black rich kid attending Sidwell who lives in upper northeast has way more privilege, even more so because he is black and rich, then a lower middle class white kid attending a poorly rated public. Clean cut black kid vs lower class white kid will get treated better in dc including police. Same goes for black wealthy women vs white wealthy women. The white privilege idea is at best circumstantial and at worst a complete myth

[Anonymous]

North west

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's not appropriate for any teacher to demand that. She has no idea what hardships a child might have been through. She'd hate to hear my child's story. My child would not be participating in that.

I don’t know your child’s story and you don’t know my white child’s story but she isn’t sharing it in class unless she is choosing to and I’m certain she is not choosing to at this time. I’d be upset at this assignment without any alternative options

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you aren't comfortable writing about "white privilege" then flip it - I don't think it would be too hard for my elementary or middle schooler to write about all the ways in which life can be harder when you're black. Do you really think that's not true? Do you really not want your kids to be aware of it?

That is still equally inappropriate especially for that age.

Not all white kids have privilege and not all black kids have terrible lives and depending on the child have a lot more privilege.

Um, nothing about the concept of white privilege says that "all black kids have terrible lives" or that you can't have white privilege and ALSO have a terrible life.

A black rich kid attending Sidwell who lives in upper northeast has way more privilege, even more so because he is black and rich, then a lower middle class white kid attending a poorly rated public. Clean cut black kid vs lower class white kid will get treated better in dc including police. Same goes for black wealthy women vs white wealthy women. The white privilege idea is at best circumstantial and at worst a complete myth

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+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you aren't comfortable writing about "white privilege" then flip it - I don't think it would be too hard for my elementary or middle schooler to write about all the ways in which life can be harder when you're black. Do you really think that's not true? Do you really not want your kids to be aware of it?

That is still equally inappropriate especially for that age.

Not all white kids have privilege and not all black kids have terrible lives and depending on the child have a lot more privilege.

Um, nothing about the concept of white privilege says that "all black kids have terrible lives" or that you can't have white privilege and ALSO have a terrible life.

A black rich kid attending Sidwell who lives in upper northeast has way more privilege, even more so because he is black and rich, then a lower middle class white kid attending a poorly rated public. Clean cut black kid vs lower class white kid will get treated better in dc including police. Same goes for black wealthy women vs white wealthy women. The white privilege idea is at best circumstantial and at worst a complete myth

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+1000

When a rich Black male student gets pulled over by the police in upper NW, the cops see him as a Black male. His wealth provides him with no privilege. Many of my Black friends who live in Chevy Chase and Palisades have had to have the talk with their kids because it doesn't matter how much money they come from. The cops see them as Black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you aren't comfortable writing about "white privilege" then flip it - I don't think it would be too hard for my elementary or middle schooler to write about all the ways in which life can be harder when you're black. Do you really think that's not true? Do you really not want your kids to be aware of it?

That is still equally inappropriate especially for that age.

Not all white kids have privilege and not all black kids have terrible lives and depending on the child have a lot more privilege.

Um, nothing about the concept of white privilege says that "all black kids have terrible lives" or that you can't have white privilege and ALSO have a terrible life.

A black rich kid attending Sidwell who lives in upper northeast has way more privilege, even more so because he is black and rich, then a lower middle class white kid attending a poorly rated public. Clean cut black kid vs lower class white kid will get treated better in dc including police. Same goes for black wealthy women vs white wealthy women. The white privilege idea is at best circumstantial and at worst a complete myth

This is an example of white privilege. They can’t even fathom - they think as long as someone is “clean cut” they are treated without any discrimination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you aren't comfortable writing about "white privilege" then flip it - I don't think it would be too hard for my elementary or middle schooler to write about all the ways in which life can be harder when you're black. Do you really think that's not true? Do you really not want your kids to be aware of it?

That is still equally inappropriate especially for that age.

Not all white kids have privilege and not all black kids have terrible lives and depending on the child have a lot more privilege.

Um, nothing about the concept of white privilege says that "all black kids have terrible lives" or that you can't have white privilege and ALSO have a terrible life.

A black rich kid attending Sidwell who lives in upper northeast has way more privilege, even more so because he is black and rich, then a lower middle class white kid attending a poorly rated public. Clean cut black kid vs lower class white kid will get treated better in dc including police. Same goes for black wealthy women vs white wealthy women. The white privilege idea is at best circumstantial and at worst a complete myth

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+1000

When a rich Black male student gets pulled over by the police in upper NW, the cops see him as a Black male. His wealth provides him with no privilege. Many of my Black friends who live in Chevy Chase and Palisades have had to have the talk with their kids because it doesn't matter how much money they come from. The cops see them as Black.

Right! and lets just say this person’s hypothetical is correct. What happens when they leave their bubble?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's not appropriate for any teacher to demand that. She has no idea what hardships a child might have been through. She'd hate to hear my child's story. My child would not be participating in that.

I don’t know your child’s story and you don’t know my white child’s story but she isn’t sharing it in class unless she is choosing to and I’m certain she is not choosing to at this time. I’d be upset at this assignment without any alternative options

I can guarantee you that teacher would shut down my white child’s story as several teachers have before and called me about it being confusing or thinking it is made up. But, just because you don’t want to hear it does not make it true.