I sincerely doubt the book burning PP reads books at all. |
It's only "everything" to you because you want it to be nothing. Stating facts about the racism (and sexism, etc.) of this country is not "crt." Just because you don't recognize the inherent racist bias in this country doesn't mean it doesn't exist. We need only look at the George Floyd (and many other) cases to know that it is. Red lining was still prominent not all that long ago. You want to sweep it under the rug as "CRT" and pretend it didn't and does not exist. But it is in the very foundation and fabric of this country. And people should be taught the facts about it. It's the same with how history white washes lots of things, from Christopher Columbus and up through Civil rights. |
I'm going to go with PP on this one. Teaching historical and current issues is important. Teaching lenses is important. There is the racial lens, and there are others. Race is one lens among many, in history and today. |
Yeah, I'm not with PP.
DCPS parent here and for the past two years, I don't think my kids have brought home a history lesson that isn't fully focused on the oppressed populations impacted. It is absolutely important to teach all sides, but that also means teaching about the founding fathers (not just that they were slave owners) the colonization of the Americas (not just its impact on indigenous populations).. There is a baseline of knowledge that I expect my children to have about the world when they graduate (states and state capitals, how to tell time, how to write a date, what the 13 colonies were, the presidents, etc. etc. etc.) and right now, they aren't getting that. And you can't complain to the school about the curriculum, or you are a racist. So I can absolutely see the value of an anonymous tip line. |
Uh, they are getting what the 13 colonies are and who the presidents were while also getting that there was oppression. |
So you don't have grade school kids. Got it. |
Youngkin’s education tip line gripes: ‘Beowulf,’ masks and ‘grooming’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/03/youngkin-education-tip-line-emails/ |
aka "The Greatest Hits of Fox News" though, I doubt many of their viewers remember Beowulf lol |
What’s wrong with Beowulf?? |
Look at this punk twerp. I bet it's the topic of his essay for his application to Liberty U:
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The tip sent in was this, apparently: “All my teacher wants to talk about is how the book is sexist because it portrays the warriors as men and not women,” the student wrote Jan. 30 to the teacher tip line that Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) had just set up to banish “divisive concepts” from public education. “I believe my teacher is in violation of Governor Youngkin’s Executive Order, which prohibits the teaching of ‘divisive topics.’ |
Wait until your kids enter first grade. |
+100 |
So now “Beowulf” is sexist?? Because the warriors actually were men and not women? JFC. |