APS black student singled out to play cotton picking game

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:May God give me (or better yet someone else) the strength to call out the BS on AEM right now.

There's no point arguing with a person who thinks it is hurtful to black children to make "snowmen" by pasting cotton balls onto construction paper

DP. I went back and re-read the post. I think the no cotton balls at school/chalk snowman poster was being sarcastic (she used a facepalm emoji). But I’m sure there are people in that group who think cotton should be banned from schools.

I remember when I first joined I tried to engage in rationale conversation and quickly one of the totally out there posters basically implied I was racist and told me I needed to listen to a podcast. That’s when I realized the entire group is an echo chamber of a few crazies who get off on making crazy allegations against anyone who has even a moderate difference in opinion.

Yeah, no. She was serious. Look at her other posts and likes on the thread. The facepalm was to indicate her shock that people in this day and age would use cotton balls even in an art project. That poster openly solicits Simone's approval and goes overboard trying to show how progressive and anti-racist she is.

+1000

She wasn't kidding about not using the cotton balls.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Now on AEM you have a poster saying it’s not a cotton picking game, and a response using the hashtag whitesplaining. We can’t have a civilized conversation about this because to call it just a stupid game is being branded racist. I’m sure not going to voice my view over there. Can’t it be true that the game was racially insensitive and also be true that a demand letter for $10 million is offensive and completely disproportionate to whatever responsibility APS may have for how the child was left feeling? Asserting a claim for harm to the tune of $10 million removes any nuance from the dialogue. I was originally sympathetic to the child and was ready to hear how APS was prepared to do better going forward, but my sympathy is entirely with APS now that it’s become a blatant money grab. They don’t think they think they’re going to get this money - they’ve likely been advised to over-ask in order to extract a lucrative settlement to make the problem go away. Squeaky wheel gets the grease and all. Hopefully APS recognizes that this would open the door to other frivolous claims and will choose instead to invest in defending against this type of extortion.

This is precisely why so many of us who know what’s going on with this family, haven’t said anything. Day care families where she works, this kids teachers, etc all known for years the family lived in Maryland, but used an address of a family member in Arlington for residency purposes. (as previously mentioned even traffic citation show the mothers address in Maryland as of a few years ago). Why didn’t we report? It’s not lost on us the optics of mostly white families paying 5K a month in preschool reporting a family who just want something better for their child. I understand why they want to be in APS and yes 50, many of us joked about it, but did not care enough to turn them in. BUT now that she’s trying to sue the county that has been giving her free access to things for a years for millions, over an incident that had no intentional racial undertones and could’ve been handled differently… It’s infuriating.

I agree 100%. I’ve turned my eye to many residency cheats over the years, even when it had a detrimental effect on my classroom but this is infuriating.

It's funny how it's only infuriating when you realize she might get more money that you.
It was all ok when you can view her as a charity case and you were be a good white liberal.

I think the lawsuit is nonsense but I don't blame her for trying.

DP, giving a child an opportunity is much different than spinning a situation to get 10 million. Enough is enough. While we’re at it, someone should go investigate the financial processes at the daycare. Former board member tried to warn parents years ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Now on AEM you have a poster saying it’s not a cotton picking game, and a response using the hashtag whitesplaining. We can’t have a civilized conversation about this because to call it just a stupid game is being branded racist. I’m sure not going to voice my view over there. Can’t it be true that the game was racially insensitive and also be true that a demand letter for $10 million is offensive and completely disproportionate to whatever responsibility APS may have for how the child was left feeling? Asserting a claim for harm to the tune of $10 million removes any nuance from the dialogue. I was originally sympathetic to the child and was ready to hear how APS was prepared to do better going forward, but my sympathy is entirely with APS now that it’s become a blatant money grab. They don’t think they think they’re going to get this money - they’ve likely been advised to over-ask in order to extract a lucrative settlement to make the problem go away. Squeaky wheel gets the grease and all. Hopefully APS recognizes that this would open the door to other frivolous claims and will choose instead to invest in defending against this type of extortion.

This is precisely why so many of us who know what’s going on with this family, haven’t said anything. Day care families where she works, this kids teachers, etc all known for years the family lived in Maryland, but used an address of a family member in Arlington for residency purposes. (as previously mentioned even traffic citation show the mothers address in Maryland as of a few years ago). Why didn’t we report? It’s not lost on us the optics of mostly white families paying 5K a month in preschool reporting a family who just want something better for their child. I understand why they want to be in APS and yes 50, many of us joked about it, but did not care enough to turn them in. BUT now that she’s trying to sue the county that has been giving her free access to things for a years for millions, over an incident that had no intentional racial undertones and could’ve been handled differently… It’s infuriating.

I agree 100%. I’ve turned my eye to many residency cheats over the years, even when it had a detrimental effect on my classroom but this is infuriating.

It's funny how it's only infuriating when you realize she might get more money that you.
It was all ok when you can view her as a charity case and you were be a good white liberal.

I think the lawsuit is nonsense but I don't blame her for trying.

You think the lawsuit is nonsense, but you don’t blame her for trying? For trying to milk $10 million dollars out of the situation? So you’re saying it’s ok to bring a frivolous lawsuit for $10 million and clearly the rest of us are offended merely because she “might get more” than us? Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some posters are coming pretty hard for Justin Fairfax, but didn’t the FBI investigate the claims against him and find evidence that the allegations were politically motivated? I’m just repeating what I’ve read.

What do you expect from the white supremacists. We have seen racism against this man before.
He was next in line to become governor, when the sitting governor got caught in a scandal and was being asked to resign, and coincidentally some women started making some unfounded accusations against the man.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids go to Gunston and on all the half day Wednesdays they play these kinds of games instead of teaching the kids anything academic. I wish the NAACP would get upset about that. A lot of these kids are way behind due to a variety of factors including COVID. I realize the half days are tough but there has to be something more constructive the school could be doing.

The stupidity of having to put vaseline on your face to pick them up bothers me. Forcing them to do that is gross and I know a lot of kids would not want to participate. They should never force something like that on a kid. I have a kid with sensory issues who would have been upset by this. It is one of the most stupid activities I have ever heard of.

Agree, what a weird awful activity. Really gross when you think about kids putting their noses into the same bed of cotton balls. Let's all share our germs! And what about the kids who are immune compromised and need to wear a mask? What are they supposed to do? Just an awful activity for a lot of reasons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May God give me (or better yet someone else) the strength to call out the BS on AEM right now.

There's no point arguing with a person who thinks it is hurtful to black children to make "snowmen" by pasting cotton balls onto construction paper

DP. I went back and re-read the post. I think the no cotton balls at school/chalk snowman poster was being sarcastic (she used a facepalm emoji). But I’m sure there are people in that group who think cotton should be banned from schools.

I remember when I first joined I tried to engage in rationale conversation and quickly one of the totally out there posters basically implied I was racist and told me I needed to listen to a podcast. That’s when I realized the entire group is an echo chamber of a few crazies who get off on making crazy allegations against anyone who has even a moderate difference in opinion.

Yeah, no. She was serious. Look at her other posts and likes on the thread. The facepalm was to indicate her shock that people in this day and age would use cotton balls even in an art project. That poster openly solicits Simone's approval and goes overboard trying to show how progressive and anti-racist she is.

+1000

She wasn't kidding about not using the cotton balls.

I don't agree with a ban on cotton balls but I can certainly see why a teacher would not want to go there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May God give me (or better yet someone else) the strength to call out the BS on AEM right now.

There's no point arguing with a person who thinks it is hurtful to black children to make "snowmen" by pasting cotton balls onto construction paper

DP. I went back and re-read the post. I think the no cotton balls at school/chalk snowman poster was being sarcastic (she used a facepalm emoji). But I’m sure there are people in that group who think cotton should be banned from schools.

I remember when I first joined I tried to engage in rationale conversation and quickly one of the totally out there posters basically implied I was racist and told me I needed to listen to a podcast. That’s when I realized the entire group is an echo chamber of a few crazies who get off on making crazy allegations against anyone who has even a moderate difference in opinion.

Yeah, no. She was serious. Look at her other posts and likes on the thread. The facepalm was to indicate her shock that people in this day and age would use cotton balls even in an art project. That poster openly solicits Simone's approval and goes overboard trying to show how progressive and anti-racist she is.

+1000

She wasn't kidding about not using the cotton balls.

I don't agree with a ban on cotton balls but I can certainly see why a teacher would not want to go there.

Really? cotton bolls, maybe, but cotton balls wouldn't even cross my mind, and I have done plenty of anti-racist training and thinking.

I also think its ridiculous because there are plenty of kids at Gunston that have been through real trauma and are likely (inadvertently) exposed to triggers at school that would never occur to anyone to be sensitive about. There are kids who were smuggled into the US or came here on foot from El Salvador to escape drug gangs, there are kids who are refugees from civil wars in Sudan and Syria, there are kids in the foster system... They are certainly not thinking about complaining or suing the school because they played "capture the flag" or "dodge ball" in gym.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May God give me (or better yet someone else) the strength to call out the BS on AEM right now.

There's no point arguing with a person who thinks it is hurtful to black children to make "snowmen" by pasting cotton balls onto construction paper

DP. I went back and re-read the post. I think the no cotton balls at school/chalk snowman poster was being sarcastic (she used a facepalm emoji). But I’m sure there are people in that group who think cotton should be banned from schools.

I remember when I first joined I tried to engage in rationale conversation and quickly one of the totally out there posters basically implied I was racist and told me I needed to listen to a podcast. That’s when I realized the entire group is an echo chamber of a few crazies who get off on making crazy allegations against anyone who has even a moderate difference in opinion.

Yeah, no. She was serious. Look at her other posts and likes on the thread. The facepalm was to indicate her shock that people in this day and age would use cotton balls even in an art project. That poster openly solicits Simone's approval and goes overboard trying to show how progressive and anti-racist she is.

+1000

She wasn't kidding about not using the cotton balls.

I don't agree with a ban on cotton balls but I can certainly see why a teacher would not want to go there.

Really? cotton bolls, maybe, but cotton balls wouldn't even cross my mind, and I have done plenty of anti-racist training and thinking.

I also think its ridiculous because there are plenty of kids at Gunston that have been through real trauma and are likely (inadvertently) exposed to triggers at school that would never occur to anyone to be sensitive about. There are kids who were smuggled into the US or came here on foot from El Salvador to escape drug gangs, there are kids who are refugees from civil wars in Sudan and Syria, there are kids in the foster system... They are certainly not thinking about complaining or suing the school because they played "capture the flag" or "dodge ball" in gym.

So much anti-racist training and still insensitive to the anti-Black racism systematically experienced by the descendants of black slaves in this country. SMH.
Typical white supremacist I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Now on AEM you have a poster saying it’s not a cotton picking game, and a response using the hashtag whitesplaining. We can’t have a civilized conversation about this because to call it just a stupid game is being branded racist. I’m sure not going to voice my view over there. Can’t it be true that the game was racially insensitive and also be true that a demand letter for $10 million is offensive and completely disproportionate to whatever responsibility APS may have for how the child was left feeling? Asserting a claim for harm to the tune of $10 million removes any nuance from the dialogue. I was originally sympathetic to the child and was ready to hear how APS was prepared to do better going forward, but my sympathy is entirely with APS now that it’s become a blatant money grab. They don’t think they think they’re going to get this money - they’ve likely been advised to over-ask in order to extract a lucrative settlement to make the problem go away. Squeaky wheel gets the grease and all. Hopefully APS recognizes that this would open the door to other frivolous claims and will choose instead to invest in defending against this type of extortion.

This is precisely why so many of us who know what’s going on with this family, haven’t said anything. Day care families where she works, this kids teachers, etc all known for years the family lived in Maryland, but used an address of a family member in Arlington for residency purposes. (as previously mentioned even traffic citation show the mothers address in Maryland as of a few years ago). Why didn’t we report? It’s not lost on us the optics of mostly white families paying 5K a month in preschool reporting a family who just want something better for their child. I understand why they want to be in APS and yes 50, many of us joked about it, but did not care enough to turn them in. BUT now that she’s trying to sue the county that has been giving her free access to things for a years for millions, over an incident that had no intentional racial undertones and could’ve been handled differently… It’s infuriating.

I agree 100%. I’ve turned my eye to many residency cheats over the years, even when it had a detrimental effect on my classroom but this is infuriating.

It's funny how it's only infuriating when you realize she might get more money that you.
It was all ok when you can view her as a charity case and you were be a good white liberal.

I think the lawsuit is nonsense but I don't blame her for trying.

You think the lawsuit is nonsense, but you don’t blame her for trying? For trying to milk $10 million dollars out of the situation? So you’re saying it’s ok to bring a frivolous lawsuit for $10 million and clearly the rest of us are offended merely because she “might get more” than us? Got it.

+1 Frivolous lawsuits are not ok to file because they cost everyone money. It's a waste of APS' time and money and our taxes. That's why there are rules about filing frivolous lawsuits. Guiliani, anyone??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May God give me (or better yet someone else) the strength to call out the BS on AEM right now.

There's no point arguing with a person who thinks it is hurtful to black children to make "snowmen" by pasting cotton balls onto construction paper

DP. I went back and re-read the post. I think the no cotton balls at school/chalk snowman poster was being sarcastic (she used a facepalm emoji). But I’m sure there are people in that group who think cotton should be banned from schools.

I remember when I first joined I tried to engage in rationale conversation and quickly one of the totally out there posters basically implied I was racist and told me I needed to listen to a podcast. That’s when I realized the entire group is an echo chamber of a few crazies who get off on making crazy allegations against anyone who has even a moderate difference in opinion.

Yeah, no. She was serious. Look at her other posts and likes on the thread. The facepalm was to indicate her shock that people in this day and age would use cotton balls even in an art project. That poster openly solicits Simone's approval and goes overboard trying to show how progressive and anti-racist she is.

+1000

She wasn't kidding about not using the cotton balls.

I don't agree with a ban on cotton balls but I can certainly see why a teacher would not want to go there.

Really? cotton bolls, maybe, but cotton balls wouldn't even cross my mind, and I have done plenty of anti-racist training and thinking.

I also think its ridiculous because there are plenty of kids at Gunston that have been through real trauma and are likely (inadvertently) exposed to triggers at school that would never occur to anyone to be sensitive about. There are kids who were smuggled into the US or came here on foot from El Salvador to escape drug gangs, there are kids who are refugees from civil wars in Sudan and Syria, there are kids in the foster system... They are certainly not thinking about complaining or suing the school because they played "capture the flag" or "dodge ball" in gym.

So much anti-racist training and still insensitive to the anti-Black racism systematically experienced by the descendants of black slaves in this country. SMH.
Typical white supremacist I guess.

Blah, blah, blah. Do you ever get tired of yourself? How much more welfare do you want?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May God give me (or better yet someone else) the strength to call out the BS on AEM right now.

There's no point arguing with a person who thinks it is hurtful to black children to make "snowmen" by pasting cotton balls onto construction paper

DP. I went back and re-read the post. I think the no cotton balls at school/chalk snowman poster was being sarcastic (she used a facepalm emoji). But I’m sure there are people in that group who think cotton should be banned from schools.

I remember when I first joined I tried to engage in rationale conversation and quickly one of the totally out there posters basically implied I was racist and told me I needed to listen to a podcast. That’s when I realized the entire group is an echo chamber of a few crazies who get off on making crazy allegations against anyone who has even a moderate difference in opinion.

Yeah, no. She was serious. Look at her other posts and likes on the thread. The facepalm was to indicate her shock that people in this day and age would use cotton balls even in an art project. That poster openly solicits Simone's approval and goes overboard trying to show how progressive and anti-racist she is.

We all get it that African Americans were unfathomably and inhumanely treated and used, etc etc etc. And we get that effects of slavery have endured. However, if an AA person today who is now generations removed from actual enslavement is truly "traumatized" by cotton balls, that person has other issues they need to address with a mental health professional. Resent history - and those to blame - all you want, rightfully so. But don't expect everyone to placate you with any and every possible six-degrees-of-separation you want to make with real trauma that never actually happened to you or your parents or likely your grandparents at this point. Stop diminishing the meaning of "trauma" and brutalizations and horrific situations that others are actually directly experiencing today. Am I to believe this kid would experience PTSD-like reactions at the sound of a horse whip? Something he's probably never once heard in his life?

+1000

She wasn't kidding about not using the cotton balls.

I don't agree with a ban on cotton balls but I can certainly see why a teacher would not want to go there.

Really? cotton bolls, maybe, but cotton balls wouldn't even cross my mind, and I have done plenty of anti-racist training and thinking.

I also think its ridiculous because there are plenty of kids at Gunston that have been through real trauma and are likely (inadvertently) exposed to triggers at school that would never occur to anyone to be sensitive about. There are kids who were smuggled into the US or came here on foot from El Salvador to escape drug gangs, there are kids who are refugees from civil wars in Sudan and Syria, there are kids in the foster system... They are certainly not thinking about complaining or suing the school because they played "capture the flag" or "dodge ball" in gym.

So much anti-racist training and still insensitive to the anti-Black racism systematically experienced by the descendants of black slaves in this country. SMH.
Typical white supremacist I guess.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]May God give me (or better yet someone else) the strength to call out the BS on AEM right now.[/quote]

There's no point arguing with a person who thinks it is hurtful to black children to make "snowmen" by pasting cotton balls onto construction paper[/quote]

DP. I went back and re-read the post. I think the no cotton balls at school/chalk snowman poster was being sarcastic (she used a facepalm emoji). But I’m sure there are people in that group who think cotton should be banned from schools.

I remember when I first joined I tried to engage in rationale conversation and quickly one of the totally out there posters basically implied I was racist and told me I needed to listen to a podcast. That’s when I realized the entire group is an echo chamber of a few crazies who get off on making crazy allegations against anyone who has even a moderate difference in opinion.[/quote]

Yeah, no. She was serious. Look at her other posts and likes on the thread. The facepalm was to indicate her shock that people in this day and age would use cotton balls even in an art project. That poster openly solicits Simone's approval and goes overboard trying to show how progressive and anti-racist she is. [/quote]

+1000

She wasn't kidding about not using the cotton balls. [/quote]

I don't agree with a ban on cotton balls but I can certainly see why a teacher would not want to go there. [/quote]

Really? cotton [i]bolls[/i], maybe, but cotton [i]balls[/i] wouldn't even cross my mind, and I have done plenty of anti-racist training and thinking.

I also think its ridiculous because there are plenty of kids at Gunston that have been through real trauma and are likely (inadvertently) exposed to triggers at school that would never occur to anyone to be sensitive about. There are kids who were smuggled into the US or came here on foot from El Salvador to escape drug gangs, there are kids who are refugees from civil wars in Sudan and Syria, there are kids in the foster system... They are certainly not thinking about complaining or suing the school because they played "capture the flag" or "dodge ball" in gym. [/quote]
So much anti-racist training and still insensitive to the anti-Black racism systematically experienced by the descendants of black slaves in this country. SMH.
Typical white supremacist I guess.[/quote]
Eventually everyone has to move on past the hate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May God give me (or better yet someone else) the strength to call out the BS on AEM right now.

There's no point arguing with a person who thinks it is hurtful to black children to make "snowmen" by pasting cotton balls onto construction paper

DP. I went back and re-read the post. I think the no cotton balls at school/chalk snowman poster was being sarcastic (she used a facepalm emoji). But I’m sure there are people in that group who think cotton should be banned from schools.

I remember when I first joined I tried to engage in rationale conversation and quickly one of the totally out there posters basically implied I was racist and told me I needed to listen to a podcast. That’s when I realized the entire group is an echo chamber of a few crazies who get off on making crazy allegations against anyone who has even a moderate difference in opinion.

Yeah, no. She was serious. Look at her other posts and likes on the thread. The facepalm was to indicate her shock that people in this day and age would use cotton balls even in an art project. That poster openly solicits Simone's approval and goes overboard trying to show how progressive and anti-racist she is.

+1000

She wasn't kidding about not using the cotton balls.

I don't agree with a ban on cotton balls but I can certainly see why a teacher would not want to go there.

Really? cotton bolls, maybe, but cotton balls wouldn't even cross my mind, and I have done plenty of anti-racist training and thinking.

I also think its ridiculous because there are plenty of kids at Gunston that have been through real trauma and are likely (inadvertently) exposed to triggers at school that would never occur to anyone to be sensitive about. There are kids who were smuggled into the US or came here on foot from El Salvador to escape drug gangs, there are kids who are refugees from civil wars in Sudan and Syria, there are kids in the foster system... They are certainly not thinking about complaining or suing the school because they played "capture the flag" or "dodge ball" in gym.

So much anti-racist training and still insensitive to the anti-Black racism systematically experienced by the descendants of black slaves in this country. SMH.
Typical white supremacist I guess.

We all get it that African Americans were unfathomably and inhumanely treated and used, etc etc etc. And we get that effects of slavery have endured. However, if an AA person today who is now generations removed from actual enslavement is truly "traumatized" by cotton balls, that person has other issues they need to address with a mental health professional. Resent history - and those to blame - all you want, rightfully so. But don't expect everyone to placate you with any and every possible six-degrees-of-separation you want to make with real trauma that never actually happened to you or your parents or likely your grandparents at this point. Stop diminishing the meaning of "trauma" and brutalizations and horrific situations that others are actually directly experiencing today. Am I to believe this kid would experience PTSD-like reactions at the sound of a horse whip? Something he's probably never once heard in his life?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May God give me (or better yet someone else) the strength to call out the BS on AEM right now.

There's no point arguing with a person who thinks it is hurtful to black children to make "snowmen" by pasting cotton balls onto construction paper

DP. I went back and re-read the post. I think the no cotton balls at school/chalk snowman poster was being sarcastic (she used a facepalm emoji). But I’m sure there are people in that group who think cotton should be banned from schools.

I remember when I first joined I tried to engage in rationale conversation and quickly one of the totally out there posters basically implied I was racist and told me I needed to listen to a podcast. That’s when I realized the entire group is an echo chamber of a few crazies who get off on making crazy allegations against anyone who has even a moderate difference in opinion.

Yeah, no. She was serious. Look at her other posts and likes on the thread. The facepalm was to indicate her shock that people in this day and age would use cotton balls even in an art project. That poster openly solicits Simone's approval and goes overboard trying to show how progressive and anti-racist she is.

+1000

She wasn't kidding about not using the cotton balls.

I don't agree with a ban on cotton balls but I can certainly see why a teacher would not want to go there.

Really? cotton bolls, maybe, but cotton balls wouldn't even cross my mind, and I have done plenty of anti-racist training and thinking.

I also think its ridiculous because there are plenty of kids at Gunston that have been through real trauma and are likely (inadvertently) exposed to triggers at school that would never occur to anyone to be sensitive about. There are kids who were smuggled into the US or came here on foot from El Salvador to escape drug gangs, there are kids who are refugees from civil wars in Sudan and Syria, there are kids in the foster system... They are certainly not thinking about complaining or suing the school because they played "capture the flag" or "dodge ball" in gym.

Good point about the diversity at Gunston. Cotton isn't a reference that people from other countries are familiar so to them it's just a white cotton ball and nothing more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Now on AEM you have a poster saying it’s not a cotton picking game, and a response using the hashtag whitesplaining. We can’t have a civilized conversation about this because to call it just a stupid game is being branded racist. I’m sure not going to voice my view over there. Can’t it be true that the game was racially insensitive and also be true that a demand letter for $10 million is offensive and completely disproportionate to whatever responsibility APS may have for how the child was left feeling? Asserting a claim for harm to the tune of $10 million removes any nuance from the dialogue. I was originally sympathetic to the child and was ready to hear how APS was prepared to do better going forward, but my sympathy is entirely with APS now that it’s become a blatant money grab. They don’t think they think they’re going to get this money - they’ve likely been advised to over-ask in order to extract a lucrative settlement to make the problem go away. Squeaky wheel gets the grease and all. Hopefully APS recognizes that this would open the door to other frivolous claims and will choose instead to invest in defending against this type of extortion.

This is precisely why so many of us who know what’s going on with this family, haven’t said anything. Day care families where she works, this kids teachers, etc all known for years the family lived in Maryland, but used an address of a family member in Arlington for residency purposes. (as previously mentioned even traffic citation show the mothers address in Maryland as of a few years ago). Why didn’t we report? It’s not lost on us the optics of mostly white families paying 5K a month in preschool reporting a family who just want something better for their child. I understand why they want to be in APS and yes 50, many of us joked about it, but did not care enough to turn them in. BUT now that she’s trying to sue the county that has been giving her free access to things for a years for millions, over an incident that had no intentional racial undertones and could’ve been handled differently… It’s infuriating.

I agree 100%. I’ve turned my eye to many residency cheats over the years, even when it had a detrimental effect on my classroom but this is infuriating.

It's funny how it's only infuriating when you realize she might get more money that you.
It was all ok when you can view her as a charity case and you were be a good white liberal.

I think the lawsuit is nonsense but I don't blame her for trying.

You think the lawsuit is nonsense, but you don’t blame her for trying? For trying to milk $10 million dollars out of the situation? So you’re saying it’s ok to bring a frivolous lawsuit for $10 million and clearly the rest of us are offended merely because she “might get more” than us? Got it.

+1 Frivolous lawsuits are not ok to file because they cost everyone money. It's a waste of APS' time and money and our taxes. That's why there are rules about filing frivolous lawsuits. Guiliani, anyone??

Meh, close your eyes and imagine this is your neighbor's kid who got wrong. Except of course the neighbor and her kid are white. And now image the mom telling you about the strife her little Larla endured. You would be sympathetic and you wouldn't begrudge her filing the lawsuit but you would still think it was nonsense.