High School Boys Struggling at our Big 3

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a white male child, why would you ever send him to a school that makes them feel “white guilt” or they are a “male oppressor” as a 14 year old boy! All you parents that send your kids to these woke schools deserve what you are getting!

I send my white male child to a school that is explicitly pro-equity and inclusion. He doesn't feel white guilt. Why should he feel guilty about learning about systemic racism? He didn't create it! And he sure as heck doesn't want to be a part of it. He chooses to be part of the solution, not stick his head in the sand. He feels courageous and helpful and kind, not guilty. And no, he doesn't feel like a "male oppressor." He feels like a young man who sees women as equals, and recognizes that men AND women have been dealt a crappy hand by sexism. He sees what a limited range of emotions his dad was allowed to feel growing up, and how he is now teaching his dad how to be a more open and emotionally aware man. Its really sweet, and they really adore each other. And he sees that women have been excluded from power for oh, the last thousand years or so, and that correcting that may take a minute.

There is no guilt, no shame, and no disempowerment in any of that. I find it so odd that people think that recognizing oppression means you have to identify with the oppressors just because you happen to share their skin color or gender. Why would you do that?

That’s nice and good for him. But unfortunately regardless of how he feels, he will be judged by others and UMR as part of the problem. He will never be accepted and always looked negatively at for having white privilege. Your son will have to constantly virtue signal to fit in and will still be seen a part of the problem no matter how much he feels he is not.

At my college they had segregated classes for DEI. UMR where in one session and all “Whites” were in another section called “Unpacking Whitenss”. You can guess the school as is in the Boston area… basically the Unpacking whistles class basically taught that all whites are oppressors, have white privileged, and everything we do is destructive to society. And historical bad deeds we did are the root problem. Funny as I was born In another country and had nothing to do with systemic racism here.

In addition, being Jewish I’m am also listed as an “oppressed” class but since I’m white, I’m also and oppressor? Hmmmm

And coming from a former Soviet republic, being Jewish you were discriminated on a daily basis.

No one said you personally created it. You benefit from it.

Sounds like you need to take the class.

The class and proctor/teacher sound out of control and very low quality propaganda. If that’s cool with the schools administration, teachers, parents and whatever similarly divisive slacs or whatever they push their students towards then that’s their little system. Most people will steer clear or shut it out.

I’m sure it’s a 100% accurate representation of what is going on. Of course even it is wasn’t that wouldn’t matter to you anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We chose an all-boy school for high school for my sons.

Too much weird crap like that at our public MS.

It’s been fantastic and the boys are more open to expressing feelings and are very considerate and supportive of one another.

Exactly. Let’s help these rich white boys support each other in their rapey and discriminatory activities the way we have for centuries.

I find it hilarious that people all of a sudden want to protect their fragile little white boys. Minorities and to some extent white women have been told throughout history that they do not matter and are “less than” white men, through actual policies that matter in day-to-day life, not a dumb seminar class that the participants forget after a year. Now when there is a shift to the other extreme it’s all “Two rights don’t make a wrong! You’re going to drive these white boys towards Trump!” because the assumption is that white boys can’t handle someone calling them out, aggressively and unfairly, and don’t know how to respond productively other than shutting off and seething.

Interesting.

So you condemn a child you’ve never met based on their gender and race?

Where have we heard that before? Who else says that sort of thing? And about whom?

You more like the trumpians than you like to think.

So you’d like to ignore the problem and ban teaching about our reality because the one truly entitled group in this country is incapable of hearing it? You and your kids have no idea what it’s like to actually be targeted and suffer discrimination if this the extent of it. What little snowflakes you are.

Wow, you’ve really fallen off the turnip truck towards your extreme ideology and theories. I greatly hope you are not employed in any kids education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all-boy school for high school for my sons.

Too much weird crap like that at our public MS.

It’s been fantastic and the boys are more open to expressing feelings and are very considerate and supportive of one another.

Exactly. Let’s help these rich white boys support each other in their rapey and discriminatory activities the way we have for centuries.

I find it hilarious that people all of a sudden want to protect their fragile little white boys. Minorities and to some extent white women have been told throughout history that they do not matter and are “less than” white men, through actual policies that matter in day-to-day life, not a dumb seminar class that the participants forget after a year. Now when there is a shift to the other extreme it’s all “Two rights don’t make a wrong! You’re going to drive these white boys towards Trump!” because the assumption is that white boys can’t handle someone calling them out, aggressively and unfairly, and don’t know how to respond productively other than shutting off and seething.

Is this another loudmouth narrow minded student posting her stereotypes or the teacher?

Zero thought or critical thinking in the above, it’s almost like you live in a tiny leftist media bubble.

Use of the term leftist media bubble exposes you for the witless crank that you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all-boy school for high school for my sons.

Too much weird crap like that at our public MS.

It’s been fantastic and the boys are more open to expressing feelings and are very considerate and supportive of one another.

Exactly. Let’s help these rich white boys support each other in their rapey and discriminatory activities the way we have for centuries.

I find it hilarious that people all of a sudden want to protect their fragile little white boys. Minorities and to some extent white women have been told throughout history that they do not matter and are “less than” white men, through actual policies that matter in day-to-day life, not a dumb seminar class that the participants forget after a year. Now when there is a shift to the other extreme it’s all “Two rights don’t make a wrong! You’re going to drive these white boys towards Trump!” because the assumption is that white boys can’t handle someone calling them out, aggressively and unfairly, and don’t know how to respond productively other than shutting off and seething.

Interesting.

So you condemn a child you’ve never met based on their gender and race?

Where have we heard that before? Who else says that sort of thing? And about whom?

You more like the trumpians than you like to think.

So you’d like to ignore the problem and ban teaching about our reality because the one truly entitled group in this country is incapable of hearing it? You and your kids have no idea what it’s like to actually be targeted and suffer discrimination if this the extent of it. What little snowflakes you are.

Wow, you’ve really fallen off the turnip truck towards your extreme ideology and theories. I greatly hope you are not employed in any kids education.

Oh yes teaching history is really falling off the turnip truck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all-boy school for high school for my sons.

Too much weird crap like that at our public MS.

It’s been fantastic and the boys are more open to expressing feelings and are very considerate and supportive of one another.

Exactly. Let’s help these rich white boys support each other in their rapey and discriminatory activities the way we have for centuries.

I find it hilarious that people all of a sudden want to protect their fragile little white boys. Minorities and to some extent white women have been told throughout history that they do not matter and are “less than” white men, through actual policies that matter in day-to-day life, not a dumb seminar class that the participants forget after a year. Now when there is a shift to the other extreme it’s all “Two rights don’t make a wrong! You’re going to drive these white boys towards Trump!” because the assumption is that white boys can’t handle someone calling them out, aggressively and unfairly, and don’t know how to respond productively other than shutting off and seething.

Interesting.

So you condemn a child you’ve never met based on their gender and race?

Where have we heard that before? Who else says that sort of thing? And about whom?

You more like the trumpians than you like to think.

We hear that from WHITE MEN, and have for centuries. And they act through political and economic systems with far greater reach and impact than a HS freshman seminar class.

I find it interesting that most of these replies are “complain to school” or “this is why we sent our son to a homogenous white boys school”. Very few posters have said they want to teach their white sons 1) why toxic masculinity is bad and their sons should avoid it, and 2) how to respond productively to potentially unfair and antagonistic criticism* being leveled at them. I think it is because they feel, in their heart of hearts, that this seminar is a temporary exercise in discomfort before they go on to embrace their destiny of masters of the world.

* That is assuming OP’s teenage son is not exaggerating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all-boy school for high school for my sons.

Too much weird crap like that at our public MS.

It’s been fantastic and the boys are more open to expressing feelings and are very considerate and supportive of one another.

Exactly. Let’s help these rich white boys support each other in their rapey and discriminatory activities the way we have for centuries.

I find it hilarious that people all of a sudden want to protect their fragile little white boys. Minorities and to some extent white women have been told throughout history that they do not matter and are “less than” white men, through actual policies that matter in day-to-day life, not a dumb seminar class that the participants forget after a year. Now when there is a shift to the other extreme it’s all “Two rights don’t make a wrong! You’re going to drive these white boys towards Trump!” because the assumption is that white boys can’t handle someone calling them out, aggressively and unfairly, and don’t know how to respond productively other than shutting off and seething.

Interesting.

So you condemn a child you’ve never met based on their gender and race?

Where have we heard that before? Who else says that sort of thing? And about whom?

You more like the trumpians than you like to think.

So you’d like to ignore the problem and ban teaching about our reality because the one truly entitled group in this country is incapable of hearing it? You and your kids have no idea what it’s like to actually be targeted and suffer discrimination if this the extent of it. What little snowflakes you are.

You are saying the argument is either/or. Ban it or endorse it. You are not addressing the way it is taught. You are condemning individuals without ever knowing them based on their race and gender.

[Anonymous]

Invite your boys to follow Joe Rogan for inspiration. He's got great insight and breaks through the bs.

[Anonymous]

Wowza. Hahaha. A quick look at the top 2-3 threads and now I get it. You guys are so dumb that Joe Rogan is the IQ leader.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a white male child, why would you ever send him to a school that makes them feel “white guilt” or they are a “male oppressor” as a 14 year old boy! All you parents that send your kids to these woke schools deserve what you are getting!

I send my white male child to a school that is explicitly pro-equity and inclusion. He doesn't feel white guilt. Why should he feel guilty about learning about systemic racism? He didn't create it! And he sure as heck doesn't want to be a part of it. He chooses to be part of the solution, not stick his head in the sand. He feels courageous and helpful and kind, not guilty. And no, he doesn't feel like a "male oppressor." He feels like a young man who sees women as equals, and recognizes that men AND women have been dealt a crappy hand by sexism. He sees what a limited range of emotions his dad was allowed to feel growing up, and how he is now teaching his dad how to be a more open and emotionally aware man. Its really sweet, and they really adore each other. And he sees that women have been excluded from power for oh, the last thousand years or so, and that correcting that may take a minute.

There is no guilt, no shame, and no disempowerment in any of that. I find it so odd that people think that recognizing oppression means you have to identify with the oppressors just because you happen to share their skin color or gender. Why would you do that?

That’s nice and good for him. But unfortunately regardless of how he feels, he will be judged by others and UMR as part of the problem. He will never be accepted and always looked negatively at for having white privilege. Your son will have to constantly virtue signal to fit in and will still be seen a part of the problem no matter how much he feels he is not.

At my college they had segregated classes for DEI. UMR where in one session and all “Whites” were in another section called “Unpacking Whitenss”. You can guess the school as is in the Boston area… basically the Unpacking whistles class basically taught that all whites are oppressors, have white privileged, and everything we do is destructive to society. And historical bad deeds we did are the root problem. Funny as I was born In another country and had nothing to do with systemic racism here.

In addition, being Jewish I’m am also listed as an “oppressed” class but since I’m white, I’m also and oppressor? Hmmmm

And coming from a former Soviet republic, being Jewish you were discriminated on a daily basis.

No one said you personally created it. You benefit from it.

Sounds like you need to take the class.

Look in the mirror, my friend. Every single person at GDS (and Sidwell and NCS/STA, etc.) benefits from it. These schools exist because people didn’t (don’t) want their children mixing with the children of “those” people. They had the money and power to build their own schools so they could pull up the gates against the unwashed masses. They are built on the ideas of exclusion and segregation.

Start your own thread. This one is on indoctrination and brainwashing of Pk-12.

No, this thread is about culture at this particular school. Whatever statements on the website, book choices for classes and workshops on DEI, the school and those like it exist because parents want a non-diverse, non-inclusive environment. This is why these schools were founded (by white guys, BTW) and they continue on the same path today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Invite your boys to follow Joe Rogan for inspiration. He's got great insight and breaks through the bs.

Andrew Tate!

/s

[Anonymous]

It’s laughable that they even talk about DEI when they cost over $50k/yr. That’s not how you support diversity and inclusion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all-boy school for high school for my sons.

Too much weird crap like that at our public MS.

It’s been fantastic and the boys are more open to expressing feelings and are very considerate and supportive of one another.

Exactly. Let’s help these rich white boys support each other in their rapey and discriminatory activities the way we have for centuries.

I find it hilarious that people all of a sudden want to protect their fragile little white boys. Minorities and to some extent white women have been told throughout history that they do not matter and are “less than” white men, through actual policies that matter in day-to-day life, not a dumb seminar class that the participants forget after a year. Now when there is a shift to the other extreme it’s all “Two rights don’t make a wrong! You’re going to drive these white boys towards Trump!” because the assumption is that white boys can’t handle someone calling them out, aggressively and unfairly, and don’t know how to respond productively other than shutting off and seething.

Interesting.

So you condemn a child you’ve never met based on their gender and race?

Where have we heard that before? Who else says that sort of thing? And about whom?

You more like the trumpians than you like to think.

We hear that from WHITE MEN, and have for centuries. And they act through political and economic systems with far greater reach and impact than a HS freshman seminar class.

I find it interesting that most of these replies are “complain to school” or “this is why we sent our son to a homogenous white boys school”. Very few posters have said they want to teach their white sons 1) why toxic masculinity is bad and their sons should avoid it, and 2) how to respond productively to potentially unfair and antagonistic criticism* being leveled at them. I think it is because they feel, in their heart of hearts, that this seminar is a temporary exercise in discomfort before they go on to embrace their destiny of masters of the world.

* That is assuming OP’s teenage son is not exaggerating

Np, not in DC any longer but so thankful my teens are not spending much time on this during the middle and high school days. Their seminars and independent research classes are stem focused and they have amazing assemblies in various career tracks.

Sorry to read all this here on the DCUM thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all-boy school for high school for my sons.

Too much weird crap like that at our public MS.

It’s been fantastic and the boys are more open to expressing feelings and are very considerate and supportive of one another.

Exactly. Let’s help these rich white boys support each other in their rapey and discriminatory activities the way we have for centuries.

I find it hilarious that people all of a sudden want to protect their fragile little white boys. Minorities and to some extent white women have been told throughout history that they do not matter and are “less than” white men, through actual policies that matter in day-to-day life, not a dumb seminar class that the participants forget after a year. Now when there is a shift to the other extreme it’s all “Two rights don’t make a wrong! You’re going to drive these white boys towards Trump!” because the assumption is that white boys can’t handle someone calling them out, aggressively and unfairly, and don’t know how to respond productively other than shutting off and seething.

Interesting.

So you condemn a child you’ve never met based on their gender and race?

Where have we heard that before? Who else says that sort of thing? And about whom?

You more like the trumpians than you like to think.

So you’d like to ignore the problem and ban teaching about our reality because the one truly entitled group in this country is incapable of hearing it? You and your kids have no idea what it’s like to actually be targeted and suffer discrimination if this the extent of it. What little snowflakes you are.

You seem to be focused on a different problem than the one OP raised, and you seem perfectly fine letting the problem OP asked about continue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We chose an all-boy school for high school for my sons.

Too much weird crap like that at our public MS.

It’s been fantastic and the boys are more open to expressing feelings and are very considerate and supportive of one another.

Exactly. Let’s help these rich white boys support each other in their rapey and discriminatory activities the way we have for centuries.

I find it hilarious that people all of a sudden want to protect their fragile little white boys. Minorities and to some extent white women have been told throughout history that they do not matter and are “less than” white men, through actual policies that matter in day-to-day life, not a dumb seminar class that the participants forget after a year. Now when there is a shift to the other extreme it’s all “Two rights don’t make a wrong! You’re going to drive these white boys towards Trump!” because the assumption is that white boys can’t handle someone calling them out, aggressively and unfairly, and don’t know how to respond productively other than shutting off and seething.

Interesting.

So you condemn a child you’ve never met based on their gender and race?

Where have we heard that before? Who else says that sort of thing? And about whom?

You more like the trumpians than you like to think.

So you’d like to ignore the problem and ban teaching about our reality because the one truly entitled group in this country is incapable of hearing it? You and your kids have no idea what it’s like to actually be targeted and suffer discrimination if this the extent of it. What little snowflakes you are.

You seem to be focused on a different problem than the one OP raised, and you seem perfectly fine letting the problem OP asked about continue.

Do you think the PP is a professional troll intentionally making obtuse posts to stoke fear, especially of conservatives? Do real people think this way?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a white male child, why would you ever send him to a school that makes them feel “white guilt” or they are a “male oppressor” as a 14 year old boy! All you parents that send your kids to these woke schools deserve what you are getting!

So in otherwords, you support Toxic Masculinity and the world it shapes?

How can you possibly think these are the only two ways to raise a boy?