Anti-Racism Assembly Today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its 72% white which is...pretty white. But to say students of color are 'tokens" is as offensive as it is inaccurate.

However, if only 4% of the school is African-American, there is definitely some inaccuracies in the earlier posts.

4% Black/African-American
3% Asian
10% Hispanic / Latino
<1% Native American / Alaska Native
<1% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
72% White non-Hispanic
11% Multiracial

[Anonymous]

Does being anti-racist extend only to Black people? What about the other 22% of students at Janney? Will they not stamp your Anti-Racism Fight Club Lifetime Membership Card if you are actively anti-racist to a multiracial, Asian, Indigenous or Hispanic person?

[Anonymous]

They doing the same thing in my middle school daughter 🙄

[Anonymous]

I was curious so I asked my kindergartener about her assembly this week. She said, and I quote, "A little girl was taken away from her mom but now we have a Black president and can I have noodles for dinner?"

Take that racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course DCUM would be the place for complaints about antiracism events.

I’m embarrassed for OP and Janney. Goodness, you would think a parent could handle this and not have to air her household problem in public.

Said like a true anti-racist. Pat yourself on your righteous back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else’s Kindergarten kid freaked out by an anti-racism assembly today? My kid needed to sleep with a light on and the door open tonight. Anyone know what specifically was talked about? My kid couldn’t relay much except that she was scared.

Your kid is freaked out about a one time anti-racism assembly. Imagine being a child that actually experiences racism. That is trauma.
Check your privilege.

Let's invalidate a kid's true feelings and play the, my suffering is greater than your suffering game. Said like a true anti-racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was literally laughing out loud reading the "Fistbook" they distributed. Super curious as to how many parents actually attended the Anti-Racism Fight Club from the dude riding the DEI wave all the way to the bank.

At Janney, half my kids teachers are Black. Their principal is Black. Their friends are Black. These are their role models, friends and peers. As far as I'm concerned, all this serves to do is other-ize the POC they love and look up to, assign guilt where none should exist on a child, and divide another American generation along lines of color.

Teach the history, teach the present, teach the truth. But this was seriously one of those times where I wish I lived in VA or something where an adult could feel safe even posing the question of, "do we really think this is the best use of students time and school funding? Is this appropriate?" But at Janney, you keep your mouth shut and your virtues signaled.

All these anti-racist educational groups are salivating at the money they can now make at schools like Janney. It's a complete racket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its 72% white which is...pretty white. But to say students of color are 'tokens" is as offensive as it is inaccurate.

However, if only 4% of the school is African-American, there is definitely some inaccuracies in the earlier posts.

4% Black/African-American
3% Asian
10% Hispanic / Latino
<1% Native American / Alaska Native
<1% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
72% White non-Hispanic
11% Multiracial

You mean accuracies? Yes, the earlier post is right. There is on a average 1 black student per class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was literally laughing out loud reading the "Fistbook" they distributed. Super curious as to how many parents actually attended the Anti-Racism Fight Club from the dude riding the DEI wave all the way to the bank.

At Janney, half my kids teachers are Black. Their principal is Black. Their friends are Black. These are their role models, friends and peers. As far as I'm concerned, all this serves to do is other-ize the POC they love and look up to, assign guilt where none should exist on a child, and divide another American generation along lines of color.

Teach the history, teach the present, teach the truth. But this was seriously one of those times where I wish I lived in VA or something where an adult could feel safe even posing the question of, "do we really think this is the best use of students time and school funding? Is this appropriate?" But at Janney, you keep your mouth shut and your virtues signaled.

All these anti-racist educational groups are salivating at the money they can now make at schools like Janney. It's a complete racket.

+1000. I should have gone into this business 5 years ago.

[Anonymous]

It does raise the question of whether this was funded, if so with what pot of money, and also don't other schools still need properly functioning HVACs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It does raise the question of whether this was funded, if so with what pot of money, and also don't other schools still need properly functioning HVACs?

I wonder if they use the student support fund money (parent donations) to pay for this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It does raise the question of whether this was funded, if so with what pot of money, and also don't other schools still need properly functioning HVACs?

I wonder if they use the student support fund money (parent donations) to pay for this?

The funding comes straight from DCPS. Your tax dollars at work.

[Anonymous]

Three pages in and still no idea why the OPs child was scared

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Three pages in and still no idea why the OPs child was scared

I’m sure OP’s kid wasn’t actually scared. OP is probably a pearl clutching CRT lunatic.

[Anonymous]

Kids didn't call it assembly. K kids forgot about it the minute it ended. Nobody was scared and there was nothing scary presented. While it was for kids and appropriate for them, I don't expect the younger ones to understand any of it. Is it needed? Yes, but it was needed for people who are grown-ups now. Not sure when it should start though.