Georgia State Board of Education bans discussion of racism and white supremacy from all classrooms

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:did you read the legislation? It didn't say anything about banning discussions on race. it just establishes guidelines to discourage calling white kids oppressors and privileged. I agree 100%. it's gone too far. my super quiet DD has to deal with black kids calling her and other kids racist for no reason except that she is white.
teach history and leave the blame out of it. it is causing as many problems as religion in schools was said to cause.

OMG wow Ms. Racist glad you came out to play.

You are 100% incorrect.

And Shame on you. Get your kid out of public school clearly you need a very small nonacademic religious private full of white Racists.

“My kid was harassed for being white”
Crazy lady on the internet: “Shame on you, racist!” 😂😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of this is exemplary of what would have been considered anti-racist 5 or 10 or 20 years ago.

It bothers the CRT proponents because it's an impediment to holding certain groups back in order to favor others in educational settings, or expressly advocating in the public schools for the confiscation of private wealth and redistribution of societal resources to benefit Black and Hispanic people. It won't prevent anyone from teaching about slavery or past racism as part of the nation's history.

Actually it bothers me because it enshrines in state law a particular, ideological, view of American history and forbids teaching children the full range of perspectives on that history.

It doesn't. You simply are pissed because one particular perspective (CRT) won't be shoved down kids' throats as the preferred and/or only way to study history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The policy would ban the discussion of any current events in the classroom.

Wtf? This is some North Korean crap.

Okay, so you made it all the way to bullet number 7. Did you make it to number 8? Lol

[Anonymous]

Where does it say it banned the discussion of racism and white supremacy in the classroom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of this is exemplary of what would have been considered anti-racist 5 or 10 or 20 years ago.

It bothers the CRT proponents because it's an impediment to holding certain groups back in order to favor others in educational settings, or expressly advocating in the public schools for the confiscation of private wealth and redistribution of societal resources to benefit Black and Hispanic people. It won't prevent anyone from teaching about slavery or past racism as part of the nation's history.

Actually it bothers me because it enshrines in state law a particular, ideological, view of American history and forbids teaching children the full range of perspectives on that history.

It doesn't. You simply are pissed because one particular perspective (CRT) won't be shoved down kids' throats as the preferred and/or only way to study history.

New poster here:
You couldn’t identify “CRT” if it hit you upside the head. Seriously, stop reading the internet and finding the most extreme examples by which to be outraged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The policy would ban the discussion of any current events in the classroom.

Wtf? This is some North Korean crap.

Cherry picking at its finest. 😅😅

[Anonymous]

A teacher cannot “be compelled” to teach & discuss current events?

This is absurdist, DuChampian theatrics by the GA school board.

[Anonymous]

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I realize this is not what some people want taught but it IS focused on trying to be neutral. Having read the pages posted I do not see a problem and wish FCPS were following this too.

- Moderate Dem, would have voted for even Bernie over Trump, but also sees SB in FCPS as trying to dive left off a cliff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of this is exemplary of what would have been considered anti-racist 5 or 10 or 20 years ago.

It bothers the CRT proponents because it's an impediment to holding certain groups back in order to favor others in educational settings, or expressly advocating in the public schools for the confiscation of private wealth and redistribution of societal resources to benefit Black and Hispanic people. It won't prevent anyone from teaching about slavery or past racism as part of the nation's history.

Actually it bothers me because it enshrines in state law a particular, ideological, view of American history and forbids teaching children the full range of perspectives on that history.

It doesn't. You simply are pissed because one particular perspective (CRT) won't be shoved down kids' throats as the preferred and/or only way to study history.

The extent to which it's actually binding isn't totally clear to me, but assuming it is (it certainly wants to be binding), it forbids teaching that slavery and racism are anything other than deviations from, betrayals of, or failures to live up to the authentic founding principles of the United States. You can agree with that position, and I basically do with some caveats, but you can't honestly argue that that isn't an ideological perspective on American History. This attempts to make it illegal to teach the alternative position.. To say that making it illegal to teach one perspective is simply keeping it from being shoved down kids' throats is totally backwards. This usurps the classrooms teacher's ability to teach diverse perspectives and forces them into teaching one and only story of American history. Even where I agree with the story it wants to teach and would probably emphasize it in my own classroom if had one, that's inappropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:?
I realize this is not what some people want taught but it IS focused on trying to be neutral. Having read the pages posted I do not see a problem and wish FCPS were following this too.

- Moderate Dem, would have voted for even Bernie over Trump, but also sees SB in FCPS as trying to dive left off a cliff.

+1. Either basically nobody took the time to read the pages in entirety, orrrrr people are dumber than we previously thought humanly possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The policy would ban the discussion of any current events in the classroom.

Wtf? This is some North Korean crap.

Read the resolution. It does not say that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:?
I realize this is not what some people want taught but it IS focused on trying to be neutral. Having read the pages posted I do not see a problem and wish FCPS were following this too.

- Moderate Dem, would have voted for even Bernie over Trump, but also sees SB in FCPS as trying to dive left off a cliff.

+1. Either basically nobody took the time to read the pages in entirety, orrrrr people are dumber than we previously thought humanly possible.

+1 Everything in the Resolution is what Democrats believed 2-3 years ago. But now it’s considered racist to state that no one should be considered better than another based on the color of their skin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A teacher cannot “be compelled” to teach & discuss current events?

This is absurdist, DuChampian theatrics by the GA school board.

A teacher shouldn’t be compelled to teach and discuss current events.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of this is exemplary of what would have been considered anti-racist 5 or 10 or 20 years ago.

It bothers the CRT proponents because it's an impediment to holding certain groups back in order to favor others in educational settings, or expressly advocating in the public schools for the confiscation of private wealth and redistribution of societal resources to benefit Black and Hispanic people. It won't prevent anyone from teaching about slavery or past racism as part of the nation's history.

Actually it bothers me because it enshrines in state law a particular, ideological, view of American history and forbids teaching children the full range of perspectives on that history.

It doesn't. You simply are pissed because one particular perspective (CRT) won't be shoved down kids' throats as the preferred and/or only way to study history.

New poster here:
You couldn’t identify “CRT” if it hit you upside the head. Seriously, stop reading the internet and finding the most extreme examples by which to be outraged.

DP but I’m well versed in CRT and critical theory in general, and I don’t think CRT should be in the classroom. There are other methods of teaching about racism. It’s not the only option. It’s just the one being pushed right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The policy would ban the discussion of any current events in the classroom.

Wtf? This is some North Korean crap.

It doesn't ban it - it says that history teachers and social studies teachers can't be required to discuss any current events. Kind of cray!