FCPS paying for Critical Race Theory curriculum. To be implemented in a year

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No real dog in this fight but as a HS teacher, I can tell you that 90% of the kids I have in my study hall/SEL lessons class completely tune out those lessons, and we've spent quite some time on BLM and equity this year already. I believe that the couple of kids who actually humor me and answer a question once in a while do it because they like me and feel sorry about the fact that NO ONE WANTS TO DISCUSS ANYTHING when I prompt. Oh and half of my students are URM and none of them participate at all.

For a bit of historical context, this *so* reminds me of growing up in an Eastern Bloc country (wokies can look up what that is). We were sitting through the lectures and indoctrination and yawning, thinking about the afternoon. When called upon, we would regurgitate what the teacher wanted us to say. Some rebelled. Most were complicit. A many's spirits were broken. The mode and manner of current "diversity" and similar instruction is very reminiscent of what I saw as a young person. We could always tell if a teacher was just going through the motions or was a "believer" and perpetrator.

When the Wall fell, I swore to myself I would never stand for this again. I am absolutely horrified and scared for my children to see this flare up again 30 years later in the country that supposedly won the Cold War (wokies again can look up what that is).

Well, the US has been adrift since the end of the Cold War. It's the end of history thing. We really no nothing other than zero sum game capitalism, consumerism, and self-absorption. I find merit in the argument that the Great Awokening is the new religion for those who would otherwise laugh at the notion that religion has any place in society and culture.

^ excuse me, know

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"The Great Awokening"? Really?

Such a DB loser thing to say.

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Anonymous wrote:Reading most of the posts here reminds me of this quote:

"When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression"

100%

I have several Black neighbors living in $3M homes sending their kids to expensive privates. I don’t see why their kids should get further reparations or be encouraged to call the white and Asian kids “colonizers” (as a slur) and oppressors.

When you’ve seen equal opportunity reward people of different races, CRT feels like Maoism.

I know three rich black families!! Clearly there is no racism.

Do you even hear yourself?

Go away, ridiculous racist trash.

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I’m voting Republican for the school board - it will be the first time in my life I vote for a R. Unfortunately I don’t see any other alternative because even though I’m a poc, I don’t agree with this new approach at all.

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In case you haven’t figured it out - if you don’t like “CRT” and are mad about these initiatives, YOU ARE RACIST. And you’re not fooling anyone. And yes, even if you’re a “democrat” you can be racist.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m voting Republican for the school board - it will be the first time in my life I vote for a R. Unfortunately I don’t see any other alternative because even though I’m a poc, I don’t agree with this new approach at all.

Yes, reflecting on biases is just so horrible.

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Surely the CRT to be used in schools isn’t going to call white people colonizers and say white people were bad. Come on, no Fox News here. I would not be so upset if schools taught that hey, if you are born white in this county, you do have an innate advantage that black folks don’t have due to the long legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. Don’t perpetuate the problem. But don’t tell my 10 year old they are bad and to “check her white privileged.” I will be furious at that- that term is being used to shut down conversation and to call all white people racist.

Signed a centrist who is sick and tired of the extreme rhetoric on both ends.

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Anonymous wrote:Surely the CRT to be used in schools isn’t going to call white people colonizers and say white people were bad. Come on, no Fox News here. I would not be so upset if schools taught that hey, if you are born white in this county, you do have an innate advantage that black folks don’t have due to the long legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. Don’t perpetuate the problem. But don’t tell my 10 year old they are bad and to “check her white privileged.” I will be furious at that- that term is being used to shut down conversation and to call all white people racist.

Signed a centrist who is sick and tired of the extreme rhetoric on both ends.

What you are hoping for is how history has already been taught for years. The CRT proselytizers have something far more didactic in mind. Forget about any notions of merit that don’t consist of primarily confessing one’s privilege and “centering” the “oppressed” instead.

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Anonymous wrote:Surely the CRT to be used in schools isn’t going to call white people colonizers and say white people were bad. Come on, no Fox News here. I would not be so upset if schools taught that hey, if you are born white in this county, you do have an innate advantage that black folks don’t have due to the long legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. Don’t perpetuate the problem. But don’t tell my 10 year old they are bad and to “check her white privileged.” I will be furious at that- that term is being used to shut down conversation and to call all white people racist.

Signed a centrist who is sick and tired of the extreme rhetoric on both ends.

JFC. Turn off FoxNews.

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Anonymous wrote:Surely the CRT to be used in schools isn’t going to call white people colonizers and say white people were bad. Come on, no Fox News here. I would not be so upset if schools taught that hey, if you are born white in this county, you do have an innate advantage that black folks don’t have due to the long legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. Don’t perpetuate the problem. But don’t tell my 10 year old they are bad and to “check her white privileged.” I will be furious at that- that term is being used to shut down conversation and to call all white people racist.

Signed a centrist who is sick and tired of the extreme rhetoric on both ends.

I agree with you and it’s a problem for the Ds. It’s starting to be acknowledged.

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Anonymous wrote:Surely the CRT to be used in schools isn’t going to call white people colonizers and say white people were bad. Come on, no Fox News here. I would not be so upset if schools taught that hey, if you are born white in this county, you do have an innate advantage that black folks don’t have due to the long legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. Don’t perpetuate the problem. But don’t tell my 10 year old they are bad and to “check her white privileged.” I will be furious at that- that term is being used to shut down conversation and to call all white people racist.

Signed a centrist who is sick and tired of the extreme rhetoric on both ends.

JFC. Turn off FoxNews.

And that ugly response is precisely why Democrats may well take a beating in local/state elections over the next few years. The entire message is "stop whining and get with our program."

- Long-time Democrat ready to bolt

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I will vote against any incumbent schoolboard member and will not vote for any D that doesn’t vocally push back on this stuff.

I will vote for any candidate that supports merit, advanced scholastic programming with peer groups, school choice, and teacher accountability.

I’m ok with being called a racist, it doesn’t mean what it once did.

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Anonymous wrote:I will vote against any incumbent schoolboard member and will not vote for any D that doesn’t vocally push back on this stuff.

I will vote for any candidate that supports merit, advanced scholastic programming with peer groups, school choice, and teacher accountability.

I’m ok with being called a racist, it doesn’t mean what it once did.

I think by pushing the definition of racist to mean "anything a white progressive person doesn't like," they are making it lose it's sting. Pretty soon people are going to start thinking it's worse to be called a murderer or a pedophile again.

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Anonymous wrote:Surely the CRT to be used in schools isn’t going to call white people colonizers and say white people were bad. Come on, no Fox News here. I would not be so upset if schools taught that hey, if you are born white in this county, you do have an innate advantage that black folks don’t have due to the long legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. Don’t perpetuate the problem. But don’t tell my 10 year old they are bad and to “check her white privileged.” I will be furious at that- that term is being used to shut down conversation and to call all white people racist.

Signed a centrist who is sick and tired of the extreme rhetoric on both ends.

JFC. Turn off FoxNews.

Not PP. Never watch Fox. Have seen plenty of reports of kids in various schools being required to take the role of "privileged" versus "victim" based on skin color. Do not think that's OK. Also would be fine with what PP would be fine with.
- another centrist

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/gops-critical-race-theory-fixation-explained/618828/
Please read.

Some interesting background (had already read) but totally glosses over how CRT is now being packaged to cram down the throats of students. It’s ultimately a reductive and harmful approach to a complex subject that ends up shaming white and Asian kids and “empowers” others to go around yelling “check your privilege” and “colonizer” at other kids whenever they have a difference of opinion.

Exactly. It is used to shut down discussion. I will be re educating my child at home.

I am the PP above. I am a latina and tend to vote republican, but very much a centrist and new to this county. I am appalled at all of this. I recall CRT from my Ivy League education. It is a complicated subject and a “theory” that should not be taught until college in the right context, by college-level professors who are there to expand and educate minds, not indoctrinate. Our public school system is not good enough to properly teach and discuss this subject. I hate that I have to re-educate my kid at home and monitor materials. I will be pushing back against this in her classroom and her schools. If my kid is punished, I will elevate and take the school to court if I have to.

Another Latina here. I'd just like to echo how this particular issue really drives a wedge between the left and Hispanic voters. It is not just "racist Trumpers" as the left thinks that is opposed to this type of curriculum in schools. My immigrant DH is floored that this is what US education has come to. It is disappointing. I think the my fellow liberals are greatly out of touch here with what the majority of Americans, white, immigrant, POC and other, are collectively saying. Neither DH nor I have voted R but we will for school board in 2023.