Anonymous wrote:I'm totally fine with schools teaching about the role race has played in American history and continues to play in our social structures. And teachers should be trained to be aware of the role implicit bias can play in their interaction with students of color. I mentor 1st gen students in college applications and it's frustrating to see that talented kids who go to the same school as my kids have not been encouraged to take the more rigorous classes and so once I meet with them, their college options are already somewhat limited. Why are my white UMC kids automatically put on one path and these kids are not?
OTOH, I've been exposed to a common "anti-racist" training at work that Black colleagues have said they find offensive - that "white supremacist values" include a sense of urgency, valuing the written word, perfectionism, objectivity. This suggests that people of color should not be expected to meet deadlines, aspire to excellence in writing and other work, etc. That, of course, is ridiculous but this idea seems to get a lot of play in corporate and education training.
https://www.nextgenlearning.org/articles/what-happened-when-my-school-started-to-dismantle-white-supremacy-culture
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