Another antisemitic incident at Whitman

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a surprise? The leadership does not care as long as the targets are Jewish or Asian.

This is very true I'm sorry to say. The anti-Asian incidents and slurs there also go unaddressed. Have heard from DC that there are multiple antisemitic and anti-Asian issues that crop up each week but the teachers and the administration don't seem to care or understand.

I hadn't heard about the anti-Asian incidents. Can you provide links to stories in the local news?

Are you living in a bubble? There have been multiple ones, and both groups are being heavily targeted.

The only thing I've read about here is some people feel that the magnet program selection which is like 90%+ Asian discriminates against Asians.

Then, you are ignoring what is going on. Its been posted here many times.

Must've missed it. Can you enlighten me?

Do a search.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a surprise? The leadership does not care as long as the targets are Jewish or Asian.

This is very true I'm sorry to say. The anti-Asian incidents and slurs there also go unaddressed. Have heard from DC that there are multiple antisemitic and anti-Asian issues that crop up each week but the teachers and the administration don't seem to care or understand.

I hadn't heard about the anti-Asian incidents. Can you provide links to stories in the local news?

Are you living in a bubble? There have been multiple ones, and both groups are being heavily targeted.

The only thing I've read about here is some people feel that the magnet program selection which is like 90%+ Asian discriminates against Asians.

Then, you are ignoring what is going on. Its been posted here many times.

Must've missed it. Can you enlighten me?

Do a search.

The only thing I found were complaints about changes to the race-blind magnet selection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a surprise? The leadership does not care as long as the targets are Jewish or Asian.

This is very true I'm sorry to say. The anti-Asian incidents and slurs there also go unaddressed. Have heard from DC that there are multiple antisemitic and anti-Asian issues that crop up each week but the teachers and the administration don't seem to care or understand.

I hadn't heard about the anti-Asian incidents. Can you provide links to stories in the local news?

Are you living in a bubble? There have been multiple ones, and both groups are being heavily targeted.

The only thing I've read about here is some people feel that the magnet program selection which is like 90%+ Asian discriminates against Asians.

Well at least you aren't trying to hide your own bias. The magnet program is nowhere near that Asian, even with efforts to make enrollment more subjective/random, which makes it less Asian than if it were basd on test scores.

[Anonymous]

It's all over the county, interestingly mostly in wealthier areas it seems.

https://moco360.media/2023/03/24/five-antisemitic-incidents-reported-in-mcps-this-week/

[Anonymous]

There is something really odd going on. I am in a different bethesda cluster, and there was a swastika found at our ES this week, and two found at our MS a couple of weeks ago. We have a very large Jewish population at our school and I’ve never seen anything but total acceptance, at least at the ES level. We’ve been in these schools for a decade and this never happened even once. I feel like there must be some internet source feeding this or some other external factor I am missing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This time someone carved a swastika into a stool. Crazy how often this is happening.

https://mocoshow.com/blog/swastika-found-carved-into-wooden-stool-at-walt-whitman-high-school/

Doesn’t Whitman have a large amount of Jewish students? So weird that this is happening there of all places.

[Anonymous]

There were similar antisemitic drawings at the local elementary school years ago but it was treated as nothing and wasn't publicized. I think it is great the county is taking a stand and making it clear this is unacceptable. Hopefully they will do this for anti-Asian hate at some point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a surprise? The leadership does not care as long as the targets are Jewish or Asian.

This is very true I'm sorry to say. The anti-Asian incidents and slurs there also go unaddressed. Have heard from DC that there are multiple antisemitic and anti-Asian issues that crop up each week but the teachers and the administration don't seem to care or understand.

I hadn't heard about the anti-Asian incidents. Can you provide links to stories in the local news?

Are you living in a bubble? There have been multiple ones, and both groups are being heavily targeted.

The only thing I've read about here is some people feel that the magnet program selection which is like 90%+ Asian discriminates against Asians.

Well at least you aren't trying to hide your own bias. The magnet program is nowhere near that Asian, even with efforts to make enrollment more subjective/random, which makes it less Asian than if it were basd on test scores.

All that proves is people who spend money on test prep get higher scores. Using local norms is a best practice for gifted education and ensures that all gifted children get equal opportunities not just those in wealthy areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is something really odd going on. I am in a different bethesda cluster, and there was a swastika found at our ES this week, and two found at our MS a couple of weeks ago. We have a very large Jewish population at our school and I’ve never seen anything but total acceptance, at least at the ES level. We’ve been in these schools for a decade and this never happened even once. I feel like there must be some internet source feeding this or some other external factor I am missing.

I'm with you. We are in the Whitman district. There's always been a strong Jewish presence here. It's nothing new. Everyone grows up with Jewish friends, classmates, colleagues and families. There's never been any significant issues. I also think something from "outside" has impacted a few kids. Maybe it's TikTok. Maybe it's how Kanye West and Kyrie Irving have normalized anti-semitism. Maybe it's some idiots trying to be edgy. Don't know. It's weird. If I were to guess, it's a couple of maladjusted kids who know a swastika is going to make an impact and this is how they feel alive and powerful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Visits to the Holocaust Museum and ideally, tours of concentration camps should be required for all students.

It is unbelievable this kind of thing is happening.

This is an example of diverting attention from the current issue or issues many around-the-world seem to be having with Jewish people. I doubt that such a measure would be effective, but I do not know what causes people to be anti-Semitic. I can guess, but it would just be a guess.

Can anyone enlighten me as to why others feel & demonstrate such hatred toward those of the Jewish faith ? Is it based on a hatred of Isreal's occupation of territory in the Middle East ?

Thank you in advance as I am clueless as to why this appears to be sweeping the world.

This has to be the most bizarre question about race I've seen in a while. Are you saying that you understand why there is racism against Black, Hispanic, Asian people and others but not people of the Jewish faith?

I think that you have your own agenda; I was just asking a question based on the thread topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Visits to the Holocaust Museum and ideally, tours of concentration camps should be required for all students.

It is unbelievable this kind of thing is happening.

This is an example of diverting attention from the current issue or issues many around-the-world seem to be having with Jewish people. I doubt that such a measure would be effective, but I do not know what causes people to be anti-Semitic. I can guess, but it would just be a guess.

Can anyone enlighten me as to why others feel & demonstrate such hatred toward those of the Jewish faith ? Is it based on a hatred of Isreal's occupation of territory in the Middle East ?

Thank you in advance as I am clueless as to why this appears to be sweeping the world.

Hm. Let's just think a little bit here. Maybe we can come up with a flaw in that theory.

I vaguely recall antisemitism pre-dating the existence of Israel or its occupation of lands. Maybe, I don't know, the Holocaust. The inquisition. Innumerable pogroms through Europe over the centuries. I could go on.

Kind of hard to blame things that happened centuries ago on Israel, no?

What's happening now is nothing more than a very long and consistent trend through history, worsened when things (the economy and more) are going poorly in society.

I asked a sincere question and received a sarcastic response. Regardless, thank you.

[Anonymous]

Whitman: the place where everyone would be a Republican if Republicans supported abortion and gay rights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This time someone carved a swastika into a stool. Crazy how often this is happening.

https://mocoshow.com/blog/swastika-found-carved-into-wooden-stool-at-walt-whitman-high-school/

Doesn’t Whitman have a large amount of Jewish students? So weird that this is happening there of all places.

Yes, it does, but the "large number of Jewish students" doesn't negate the fact that the vast majority of students aren't Jewish, and that many are anti-Semitic. When I went to Whitman, it wasn't uncommon for Jewish and Muslim girls to be called names by white boys.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a surprise? The leadership does not care as long as the targets are Jewish or Asian.

What do you think they should be doing about it that they aren't?

diversity bus

Don't worry, the Woodward boundary study includes Whitman.

[Anonymous]

Whichever teachers utilize that room for teaching need to put their heads together and think about:

Who normally sits in that seat for all 7 periods?
Out of those kids, who's most likely to do that?
Who wasn't paying attention during class?
Who seemed distracted with something else in their hands while class was occurring (a good indication would be the student looking up at the teacher and looking down at the stool... frequently... to ensure that the teacher wouldn't see them, but they're fairly obvious and not hiding that they're doing something other than listening).

Unless it's a classroom that's isn't used for general teaching every day, this should be pretty easy to figure out.
Whether they can prove it or not is a different story, but this at least narrows down the list, so you can keep an eye on those kids.