Is your MSer learning the 13 Guiding Principles of BLM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This one is interesting!

11. Black Villages
We are committed to disrupting the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and “villages” that collectively care for one another, and especially “our” children to the degree that mothers, parents and children are comfortable.

Hilary wrote a book: It Takes a Village.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In case anybody is curious, the definition of “nuclear family” is a man, woman, and their children with no extended family. I am a member of a nuclear family that I love but I am all for dismantling the idea that other family structures are lesser.

And yet Merrian Webster defines it as "a family group that consists only of parents and children" - no genders specified.

[Anonymous]

I would support the teaching of modern political movements as long as it’s wholistic. Are they also teaching counterpoints to BLM? Like the research which suggests harmful effects of reduced policing in poor communities? If not then it seems like propaganda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This one is interesting!

11. Black Villages
We are committed to disrupting the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and “villages” that collectively care for one another, and especially “our” children to the degree that mothers, parents and children are comfortable.

Hilary wrote a book: It Takes a Village.

She was ahead of her time.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Right....

Let me give you a clue - if you ever find yourself exclaiming that you aren't a racist...you are probably a racist.

Don't worry, you have plenty of company.

This is bullying to the nth degree. You are labeled a racist if you disagree with schools teaching BLM ideology. Many of us don’t believe in viewing everything through a racial lens. The fact that there is so much divisive vitriol on this thread demonstrates the divisiveness of the BLM movement. It is dividing our society and will never bring us together. There are other ways to go about teaching people not to be racist and the BLM ideology and CRT is not the way to do it.

Awww, all racists hate it when you call them a racist. So I’ll do it again. You are unequivocally a racist. Be better. At least your kids in public schools will be more educated and empathetic than you.

No. Anger is a component of racism and you, dear PP, display that more than anyone here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In case anybody is curious, the definition of “nuclear family” is a man, woman, and their children with no extended family. I am a member of a nuclear family that I love but I am all for dismantling the idea that other family structures are lesser.

And yet Merrian Webster defines it as "a family group that consists only of parents and children" - no genders specified.

You’re going to have to do a little more research than the first paragraph you see in your google search. Scroll down in the page and see another definition that does include those words, and then look at Wikipedia and Wikipedia’s sources.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Right....

Let me give you a clue - if you ever find yourself exclaiming that you aren't a racist...you are probably a racist.

Don't worry, you have plenty of company.

This is bullying to the nth degree. You are labeled a racist if you disagree with schools teaching BLM ideology. Many of us don’t believe in viewing everything through a racial lens. The fact that there is so much divisive vitriol on this thread demonstrates the divisiveness of the BLM movement. It is dividing our society and will never bring us together. There are other ways to go about teaching people not to be racist and the BLM ideology and CRT is not the way to do it.

Awww, all racists hate it when you call them a racist. So I’ll do it again. You are unequivocally a racist. Be better. At least your kids in public schools will be more educated and empathetic than you.

No. Anger is a component of racism and you, dear PP, display that more than anyone here.

Anger is a component of racism? Since when? According to whose definition? I mean we are really losing the plot here but this is just so weird.

[Anonymous]

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

The first five principles and number eight are fine. The rest are subject to interpretation.

11. Black Villages: We are committed to disrupting the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement.....

I accept families that may have their own unique family structure but that does not mean I want to actively try to disrupt the traditional nuclear family structure. I happen to think children are best served with two parents that love them (I don't care whether it is man/woman, 2 women, 2 men). Single parenthood sometimes happen and no one should be punished for it, but it is not the ideal situation in which to raise kids. It creates hardship for parents and kids.

BLM ought to be promoting the notion of the nuclear family instead of shooting it down. They also should also be promoting the idea that Black on Black violence needs to end if they really believe that Black Lives Matter. That is one of the biggest problems in the Black community and it hasn’t been acknowledged.

+1. It is an undeniable fact that the demise of the nuclear family- especially the presence of dad in the home- has destroyed the Black community more than so-called racism ever could.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

The first five principles and number eight are fine. The rest are subject to interpretation.

11. Black Villages: We are committed to disrupting the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement.....

I accept families that may have their own unique family structure but that does not mean I want to actively try to disrupt the traditional nuclear family structure. I happen to think children are best served with two parents that love them (I don't care whether it is man/woman, 2 women, 2 men). Single parenthood sometimes happen and no one should be punished for it, but it is not the ideal situation in which to raise kids. It creates hardship for parents and kids.

BLM ought to be promoting the notion of the nuclear family instead of shooting it down. They also should also be promoting the idea that Black on Black violence needs to end if they really believe that Black Lives Matter. That is one of the biggest problems in the Black community and it hasn’t been acknowledged.

+1. It is an undeniable fact that the demise of the nuclear family- especially the presence of dad in the home- has destroyed the Black community more than so-called racism ever could.

Enslavement destroyed the Black nuclear family back in the 1600s. What do you think was behind enslavement?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would support the teaching of modern political movements as long as it’s wholistic. Are they also teaching counterpoints to BLM? Like the research which suggests harmful effects of reduced policing in poor communities? If not then it seems like propaganda.

I agree.

But that was definitely not the case.

The BLM lesson today certainly did not include any counterpoint discussions. Maybe that is teacher dependent?

It felt a good deal like propaganda, but I guess that is incredibly difficult to prove.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

The first five principles and number eight are fine. The rest are subject to interpretation.

11. Black Villages: We are committed to disrupting the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement.....

I accept families that may have their own unique family structure but that does not mean I want to actively try to disrupt the traditional nuclear family structure. I happen to think children are best served with two parents that love them (I don't care whether it is man/woman, 2 women, 2 men). Single parenthood sometimes happen and no one should be punished for it, but it is not the ideal situation in which to raise kids. It creates hardship for parents and kids.

BLM ought to be promoting the notion of the nuclear family instead of shooting it down. They also should also be promoting the idea that Black on Black violence needs to end if they really believe that Black Lives Matter. That is one of the biggest problems in the Black community and it hasn’t been acknowledged.

+1. It is an undeniable fact that the demise of the nuclear family- especially the presence of dad in the home- has destroyed the Black community more than so-called racism ever could.

I am extremely impressed that you managed to cram so many inaccurate ideas into a single sentence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Right....

Let me give you a clue - if you ever find yourself exclaiming that you aren't a racist...you are probably a racist.

Don't worry, you have plenty of company.

This is bullying to the nth degree. You are labeled a racist if you disagree with schools teaching BLM ideology. Many of us don’t believe in viewing everything through a racial lens. The fact that there is so much divisive vitriol on this thread demonstrates the divisiveness of the BLM movement. It is dividing our society and will never bring us together. There are other ways to go about teaching people not to be racist and the BLM ideology and CRT is not the way to do it.

Awww, all racists hate it when you call them a racist. So I’ll do it again. You are unequivocally a racist. Be better. At least your kids in public schools will be more educated and empathetic than you.

No. Anger is a component of racism and you, dear PP, display that more than anyone here.

Anger is a component of racism? Since when? According to whose definition? I mean we are really losing the plot here but this is just so weird.

If you're angry, you're racist! I got really racist at my health insurance company today. Makes perfect sense!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Right....

Let me give you a clue - if you ever find yourself exclaiming that you aren't a racist...you are probably a racist.

Don't worry, you have plenty of company.

This is bullying to the nth degree. You are labeled a racist if you disagree with schools teaching BLM ideology. Many of us don’t believe in viewing everything through a racial lens. The fact that there is so much divisive vitriol on this thread demonstrates the divisiveness of the BLM movement. It is dividing our society and will never bring us together. There are other ways to go about teaching people not to be racist and the BLM ideology and CRT is not the way to do it.

Awww, all racists hate it when you call them a racist. So I’ll do it again. You are unequivocally a racist. Be better. At least your kids in public schools will be more educated and empathetic than you.

No. Anger is a component of racism and you, dear PP, display that more than anyone here.

Anger is a component of racism? Since when? According to whose definition? I mean we are really losing the plot here but this is just so weird.

If you're angry, you're racist! I got really racist at my health insurance company today. Makes perfect sense!

Yes and the sweet old southern Belle who gave me cookies all the time? She must not have been a racist because she was never angry, even though she used the n word on a regular basis and thinks that Black people shouldn’t be allowed to own homes in white neighborhoods.

(She’s dead now, by the way)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

The first five principles and number eight are fine. The rest are subject to interpretation.

11. Black Villages: We are committed to disrupting the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement.....

I accept families that may have their own unique family structure but that does not mean I want to actively try to disrupt the traditional nuclear family structure. I happen to think children are best served with two parents that love them (I don't care whether it is man/woman, 2 women, 2 men). Single parenthood sometimes happen and no one should be punished for it, but it is not the ideal situation in which to raise kids. It creates hardship for parents and kids.

BLM ought to be promoting the notion of the nuclear family instead of shooting it down. They also should also be promoting the idea that Black on Black violence needs to end if they really believe that Black Lives Matter. That is one of the biggest problems in the Black community and it hasn’t been acknowledged.

+1. It is an undeniable fact that the demise of the nuclear family- especially the presence of dad in the home- has destroyed the Black community more than so-called racism ever could.

That is something they need to address in their community and not put that burden on kids or others.

Let's see - I don't believe in restorative justice. I don't want my child, if they are a victim, to have to face the bullies and play nice. The bullies should get punishedand more if its an issue. And, the BLM movement isn't about diversity or equality. And, 8 - really contradicts itself in claiming collective value but the value is only placed on black lives, not all lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Right....

Let me give you a clue - if you ever find yourself exclaiming that you aren't a racist...you are probably a racist.

Don't worry, you have plenty of company.

This is bullying to the nth degree. You are labeled a racist if you disagree with schools teaching BLM ideology. Many of us don’t believe in viewing everything through a racial lens. The fact that there is so much divisive vitriol on this thread demonstrates the divisiveness of the BLM movement. It is dividing our society and will never bring us together. There are other ways to go about teaching people not to be racist and the BLM ideology and CRT is not the way to do it.

Awww, all racists hate it when you call them a racist. So I’ll do it again. You are unequivocally a racist. Be better. At least your kids in public schools will be more educated and empathetic than you.

NP

I was trying to come up with a cutting response to this BS, but then decided to laugh instead. You “everyone is a racist!” folks are certainly entertaining. It’s like Oprah - “You’re a racist! And you’re a racist! And you’re a racist!!”

Thanks for that. Amusing end to a long week.