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Wash Post: Michael Eric Dyson reports 6 yo grandson called a racial slur at Mann
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Anonymous
Line cutting in K was the most drama ever. My child was often the perpertator and it pretty much doomed his social life that year. Kids were PISSED at him all the time but he wouldn't cut it out. Yes, we live in a racist society and yes it is terrible to see your grandson (possibly, possibly not) face this racism explictly for the first. I still wish that we could not come down so hard on kids. 6 years old or 5th graders. Teach them to be better so they don't do it when they are 17 or 18 and there is no forgiveness. Also, my child threated to kill other kids when he was 5. He isn't the least bit violent today at age 10. |
Anonymous
| As a parent to a six years old, I am scared. I see my son on all sides of this story, unfortunately, as he reacts fast than he thinks. Yes, we are talking to him, teaching him good values, but he picks up stuff from older kids faster... And then what? From what it seems the school reacted properly, the parents of the other kid also, yet all three kids will suffer... I believe that our job as a parent is to protect our kids not to add to problems. Now I am scared of other parents reactions... |
Anonymous
Other kids' parents are hell. |
Anonymous
Mom to another hot-headed, dramatic 6 year old here. We do a TON of learning about civil rights and using kind words. Yet, he simply does not have the cognitive ability to understand why the n-word is so taboo. And the more I emphasize something like that, the more likely he is to use it just because it's so forbidden. So I kind of don't know what to teach him. Also, he's not really able to understand things like why girls can wear shirts that say "Girls Rule," but he can't have a shirt that says "Boys Rule." We've talked about how "Girls Rule" just means "Girls are Equal" (in fact, he came up with that interpretation). But in Girls vs Boys, he still gets mad that he can't say Boys Rule. S So, basically, I don't think that there should be an over-emphasis on isolated verbal acts, when kids are too young to understand what they are saying. Which includes 6 year olds. That's not to say they shouldn't face consequences, but it's absurd to act like they're KKK members or whatever. |
Anonymous
| Wow my 3rd grader was called some really hateful antisemitic things. When I learned about it I had a meeting with the school and asked for them to use it as a teaching moment for the kids involved, i did not want anyone punished, but wanted the kids to understand the implications and ramifications of their words. The kids were 9. Here we are talking about 5 year olds, and people are asking how the school will respond!? Get a grip, these are 5 year olds. |
Anonymous
| And now we know to fear the problematic grandparents too! For the typical kid, that is 6 ‘parents’ that can potentially go on an attention-fueled outrage bender. |
Anonymous
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Sad. There's now a video on it -
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Scholar-Says-Grandson-Was-Called-Racial-Slur-at-DC-School_Washington-DC-509361232.html |
Anonymous
| Dyson’s targeting of a SIX year old — for something that appears not to have happened at all — is unconscionable. |
Anonymous
Actually, because of him, I feel really bad for his grandson who is the victim, but he now seems like a victim with a bully Grandpa....not good. |
Anonymous
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It sounds like an argument among six year old boys. My sons at that age had disagreements with friends all the time. Not sure “victim” is really the right word.
In any case, who would want to be friends with that kid now? What if a scuffle broke out during a soccer match at recess? Next thing you know Grandpa takes to Twitter and tv — all but calling your six year old child is a racist aggressor and a sociopath. No thanks. |
Anonymous
Sad the kid was couched. I was hoping for a video the incident |
Anonymous
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If aftercare were cheaper at Mann, maybe there would be more socioeconomic diversity there. That is a barrier to entry. Teach kids to respect each other. Kids say all kinds of mean stuff that they learn from others or from TV. It’s not always the family.
While this issue might have been blown out of proportion, it is a time to teach about relations with others. It’s sad that there is a perception of race issues WOTP. Can’t we all just get along? Can’t we stop looking to guns to resolve problems? Stop picking on little kids who are trying to understand this crazy world. At least Dyson got people talking and really put Mann on the map. What school will be next now that Key and Mann have been in the news? |
Anonymous
| There is no ‘sense of race issues’ at many DCPS schools because they have no diversity. |
Anonymous
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Can you expand on this? He had to apologize for his own speech with this incident or another in the past?
Meanwhile, Michael Eric Dyson has had to publicly apologize for his own speech. Is he really the person that should take a kids’ spat to the press? |
Anonymous
He did seem coached. |