Racial incidents at Thoreau?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:White kids are being racist and you want to blame it on other Black people? Please stop. We get regular reports of racist behavior in our elementary school and it's the white people.

You don't know it's white kids. You are making assumptions. My MS kid says indians, asians, and Hispanics hurl racial insults at each other all the time. Middle eastern kids bully jewish kids too. Its not just the white kids

The original article is about racism against a black child. Are the non-black POC saying racial slurs to black kids? Cause my moneys on the racist white kids learning from their parents. #trumps America

In our MS, yes. But for this specific case, we are not told, however your assumption that only white kids do this is very incorrect and you must not be familiar with how ms kids operate. Maybe stop thinking about politics all the time?

If you can’t see that anti-black racism has greatly increased since trump took office, then you are part of the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are at Madison and I can’t tell you how many times I have heard them use the n word, make comments about the Jews, or other racist language between themselves or their friends. We don’t tolerate it at home but it is so pervasive in their peers I feel like I can’t stop it. From what I could gather it seems the kids are fed up with FCPS forcing them to accept everyone that it’s their way to push back. It’s awful, I hope this language and attitude doesn’t stay with them as adults. I’m not sure lessons at school about history and or acceptance will help, seems to push these kids more towards unacceptance.

I understand the suggestion that kids will rebel against whatever they are taught, but there’s a lot more going on in the culture besides FCPS lessons on inclusivity to account for the poor behavior of some kids at Thoreau and Madison. It’s a very white and privileged area where kids get the message early on that they can misbehave with relative impunity and that you can get away with just about anything as long as you’re good at sports.

What probably needs to happen at this point is not fewer lessons on inclusivity but instead more severe consequences for students who are overtly disrespectful towards other students. Sending out pro forma letters alone won’t cut it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are at Madison and I can’t tell you how many times I have heard them use the n word, make comments about the Jews, or other racist language between themselves or their friends. We don’t tolerate it at home but it is so pervasive in their peers I feel like I can’t stop it. From what I could gather it seems the kids are fed up with FCPS forcing them to accept everyone that it’s their way to push back. It’s awful, I hope this language and attitude doesn’t stay with them as adults. I’m not sure lessons at school about history and or acceptance will help, seems to push these kids more towards unacceptance.

Is this a troll post?

I’m sorry but if your kids are using racial slurs at school and you can’t stop it, you’ve failed at parenting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are at Madison and I can’t tell you how many times I have heard them use the n word, make comments about the Jews, or other racist language between themselves or their friends. We don’t tolerate it at home but it is so pervasive in their peers I feel like I can’t stop it. From what I could gather it seems the kids are fed up with FCPS forcing them to accept everyone that it’s their way to push back. It’s awful, I hope this language and attitude doesn’t stay with them as adults. I’m not sure lessons at school about history and or acceptance will help, seems to push these kids more towards unacceptance.

Is this a troll post?

I’m sorry but if your kids are using racial slurs at school and you can’t stop it, you’ve failed at parenting.

PP didn’t say her kids were using racial slurs at school. It’s probably what she heard when kids are in her car or at home goofing around or gaming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are at Madison and I can’t tell you how many times I have heard them use the n word, make comments about the Jews, or other racist language between themselves or their friends. We don’t tolerate it at home but it is so pervasive in their peers I feel like I can’t stop it. From what I could gather it seems the kids are fed up with FCPS forcing them to accept everyone that it’s their way to push back. It’s awful, I hope this language and attitude doesn’t stay with them as adults. I’m not sure lessons at school about history and or acceptance will help, seems to push these kids more towards unacceptance.

Is this a troll post?

I’m sorry but if your kids are using racial slurs at school and you can’t stop it, you’ve failed at parenting.

PP didn’t say her kids were using racial slurs at school. It’s probably what she heard when kids are in her car or at home goofing around or gaming.

I think we see from this thread that there’s a massive parenting problem. The parents who claim it’s just the POC kids are clearly in denial or not paying attention, as well as the parents who know their kids are using racist language and lack the relationship with their kids to stop the behavior. It’s also a break down at school where kids aren’t facing consequences and our culture that doesn’t expect children of privilege to take any responsibility for their behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are at Madison and I can’t tell you how many times I have heard them use the n word, make comments about the Jews, or other racist language between themselves or their friends. We don’t tolerate it at home but it is so pervasive in their peers I feel like I can’t stop it. From what I could gather it seems the kids are fed up with FCPS forcing them to accept everyone that it’s their way to push back. It’s awful, I hope this language and attitude doesn’t stay with them as adults. I’m not sure lessons at school about history and or acceptance will help, seems to push these kids more towards unacceptance.

Is this a troll post?

I’m sorry but if your kids are using racial slurs at school and you can’t stop it, you’ve failed at parenting.

PP didn’t say her kids were using racial slurs at school. It’s probably what she heard when kids are in her car or at home goofing around or gaming.

I think we see from this thread that there’s a massive parenting problem. The parents who claim it’s just the POC kids are clearly in denial or not paying attention, as well as the parents who know their kids are using racist language and lack the relationship with their kids to stop the behavior. It’s also a break down at school where kids aren’t facing consequences and our culture that doesn’t expect children of privilege to take any responsibility for their behavior.

No doubt, but if you were being honest you would also acknowledge that a major contributing factor is the fact POC kids themselves use racist language frequently - sometimes towards other minorities and sometimes towards others of the same race/ethnicity.

If you approach this from the perspective that only "children of privilege" are responsible or deserve to be reprimanded, then you are part of the problem as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are at Madison and I can’t tell you how many times I have heard them use the n word, make comments about the Jews, or other racist language between themselves or their friends. We don’t tolerate it at home but it is so pervasive in their peers I feel like I can’t stop it. From what I could gather it seems the kids are fed up with FCPS forcing them to accept everyone that it’s their way to push back. It’s awful, I hope this language and attitude doesn’t stay with them as adults. I’m not sure lessons at school about history and or acceptance will help, seems to push these kids more towards unacceptance.

Is this a troll post?

I’m sorry but if your kids are using racial slurs at school and you can’t stop it, you’ve failed at parenting.

PP didn’t say her kids were using racial slurs at school. It’s probably what she heard when kids are in her car or at home goofing around or gaming.

I think we see from this thread that there’s a massive parenting problem. The parents who claim it’s just the POC kids are clearly in denial or not paying attention, as well as the parents who know their kids are using racist language and lack the relationship with their kids to stop the behavior. It’s also a break down at school where kids aren’t facing consequences and our culture that doesn’t expect children of privilege to take any responsibility for their behavior.

No doubt, but if you were being honest you would also acknowledge that a major contributing factor is the fact POC kids themselves use racist language frequently - sometimes towards other minorities and sometimes towards others of the same race/ethnicity.

If you approach this from the perspective that only "children of privilege" are responsible or deserve to be reprimanded, then you are part of the problem as well.

Seriously, do you hear yourself? There should be no tolerance for racist or anti-Semitic language from anyone. Also, children of privilege includes lots of Jewish, black, and Asian children. We need to address it across the aboard. however, the parents who keep insisting that their kids aren’t the problem, that it’s the “other” kids need to take a long hard look at themselves and their children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are at Madison and I can’t tell you how many times I have heard them use the n word, make comments about the Jews, or other racist language between themselves or their friends. We don’t tolerate it at home but it is so pervasive in their peers I feel like I can’t stop it. From what I could gather it seems the kids are fed up with FCPS forcing them to accept everyone that it’s their way to push back. It’s awful, I hope this language and attitude doesn’t stay with them as adults. I’m not sure lessons at school about history and or acceptance will help, seems to push these kids more towards unacceptance.

Is this a troll post?

I’m sorry but if your kids are using racial slurs at school and you can’t stop it, you’ve failed at parenting.

PP didn’t say her kids were using racial slurs at school. It’s probably what she heard when kids are in her car or at home goofing around or gaming.

I think we see from this thread that there’s a massive parenting problem. The parents who claim it’s just the POC kids are clearly in denial or not paying attention, as well as the parents who know their kids are using racist language and lack the relationship with their kids to stop the behavior. It’s also a break down at school where kids aren’t facing consequences and our culture that doesn’t expect children of privilege to take any responsibility for their behavior.

No doubt, but if you were being honest you would also acknowledge that a major contributing factor is the fact POC kids themselves use racist language frequently - sometimes towards other minorities and sometimes towards others of the same race/ethnicity.

If you approach this from the perspective that only "children of privilege" are responsible or deserve to be reprimanded, then you are part of the problem as well.

Do other kids parent your kids? You are responsible for teaching your kids right from wrong. If your kids are going out into the world thinking that swastikas are something to joke about or it’s okay to call someone else the n word, it’s on you. It’s a tough world out there, a lot of people doing terrible things, you are responsible for guiding your kid to adulthood and making sure that they aren’t perpetrators of more terrible things.

[Anonymous]

It's the rap music

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are at Madison and I can’t tell you how many times I have heard them use the n word, make comments about the Jews, or other racist language between themselves or their friends. We don’t tolerate it at home but it is so pervasive in their peers I feel like I can’t stop it. From what I could gather it seems the kids are fed up with FCPS forcing them to accept everyone that it’s their way to push back. It’s awful, I hope this language and attitude doesn’t stay with them as adults. I’m not sure lessons at school about history and or acceptance will help, seems to push these kids more towards unacceptance.

Is this a troll post?

I’m sorry but if your kids are using racial slurs at school and you can’t stop it, you’ve failed at parenting.

PP didn’t say her kids were using racial slurs at school. It’s probably what she heard when kids are in her car or at home goofing around or gaming.

If they're using it in the car or at home, they're using it at school. Obviously.

[Anonymous]

This is an anonymous forum.

I don't question that there are slurs, I do question that they are as widespread as some on here claim.

The most slurs I have seen on the internet lately on the politics forum on DCUM are antisemitic. Check out the now locked thread on MSA video.

The mom who went public seems pretty believable. I would still like to know if her son named names when she complained to the principal. Without that, I'm not sure what can be done. I find it hard to believe that any teacher hearing it would let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White kids are being racist and you want to blame it on other Black people? Please stop. We get regular reports of racist behavior in our elementary school and it's the white people.

You don't know it's white kids. You are making assumptions. My MS kid says indians, asians, and Hispanics hurl racial insults at each other all the time. Middle eastern kids bully jewish kids too. Its not just the white kids

The original article is about racism against a black child. Are the non-black POC saying racial slurs to black kids? Cause my moneys on the racist white kids learning from their parents. #trumps America

In our MS, yes. But for this specific case, we are not told, however your assumption that only white kids do this is very incorrect and you must not be familiar with how ms kids operate. Maybe stop thinking about politics all the time?

If you can’t see that anti-black racism has greatly increased since trump took office, then you are part of the problem.

I don't see it and I have nothing to do with it as I am an immigrant myself and have experienced personal racism and bullying from black people. Do I think all black people are racist? No. Can non-white people be racist? Yes. Are all white people racist? No? Are all minority racist? No. Maybe you are the one that needs to look in the mirror instead of politicizing everything. One of my kids was in MS under biden and same thing happened. No difference who is president so your theory is not correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an anonymous forum.

I don't question that there are slurs, I do question that they are as widespread as some on here claim.

The most slurs I have seen on the internet lately on the politics forum on DCUM are antisemitic. Check out the now locked thread on MSA video.

The mom who went public seems pretty believable. I would still like to know if her son named names when she complained to the principal. Without that, I'm not sure what can be done. I find it hard to believe that any teacher hearing it would let it go.

Myopic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We know you're just a parent at the school. There's no need to make up a lie about wanting to buy a house in the area.

White people can be racist. Yes, absolutely.

ONLY white people can be racist.

Look, this is DEI 101. BIPOC peoples in America cannot, by definition, be racist. Not possible.

Thought everybody here knew this already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We know you're just a parent at the school. There's no need to make up a lie about wanting to buy a house in the area.

White people can be racist. Yes, absolutely.

ONLY white people can be racist.

Look, this is DEI 101. BIPOC peoples in America cannot, by definition, be racist. Not possible.

Thought everybody here knew this already.

Exactly.

The ways social systems, institutions, and power structures advantage one racial group and disadvantage others, is through racism. In the United States, because of historical and ongoing racial power dynamics, white people (as a group) have always held disproportionate institutional power since the arrival of the white man on this continent. So racism at the systemic level operates in ways that primarily benefit white people and harm racial minorities. Ergo, because they hold all the institutional power in the U.S., only white people can be racist.

Others, such as BIPOCS, may show prejudice, but not racism.