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Anonymous wrote:This podcast came to mind with the election.

Just as we suspected: white supremacy is alive and growing - even in the DC suburbs - with their election of a slate of white supremacists.

oh those horrible white supremacists who thing schools should be open

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Anonymous wrote:So far white parents are guilty of considering their own children's needs first.

I do think the fundraising situation with the French immersion program was shady.

This maybe the dumbest comment ever. Who doesn’t think of their child first...in everything?? I don’t know of a parent who doesn’t have their child’s well being at the top of mind....black, white, red, yellow, green....ya know...everything doesn’t have to be about race.

The problem isn't in parents prioritizing the needs of their own children. It's in parents or actively encouraging social systems that don't give all parents the same authority and power to do the same.

This is exactly the issue. We are "white," but Jewish. I can't stand the thought of the Trumper nutjobs in my neighborhood, with their fake Christianity, pushing their own views in our school. They hate everyone who isn't a racist evangelical like them, including democrats and Jews, Muslims, anyone. This is the "white" that I, as a white person, am much more afraid of than any person of color when it comes to who is going to have power and authority.

I bet you probably want to push your views onto people who disagree with you, in the name of progressivity and equity and whatever? So you're just the pot calling the kettle black.

I do think it is natural for all parents to take a strong interest in their children's education. What we have seen in the past year was effectively a progressive side trying to gaslight a more conservative reaction for having the wrong views and calling it racist and bigoted if someone disagreed with them.

I must admit that the people who are most obsessed with race and calling other people racists are.... progressive white people. If they are so consumed by racism maybe it's a reflection of their inner secret selves, they are the real racists. It makes sense, it's the elite progressives who are the first to flee for private schools or for rich school districts in the name of their children's education and the first to move if a local school seems to decline in quality. They are also the ones who project, to a remarkable degree, what the correct views should be onto nonwhites. They rant about white supremacy and colonialism and then turn around and tell non whites that they can't be anything but progressive liberals in their outlook and voting habits, and throw tamper tantrums when non whites vote for the Republicans or run for office as Republicans. They are the ones who make up terms like Latinx and impose it on Spanish speakers who have absolutely no history of the term for it is linguistically impossible in Spanish.

It really is astonishing, isn't it?

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Anonymous wrote:So far white parents are guilty of considering their own children's needs first.

I do think the fundraising situation with the French immersion program was shady.

This maybe the dumbest comment ever. Who doesn’t think of their child first...in everything?? I don’t know of a parent who doesn’t have their child’s well being at the top of mind....black, white, red, yellow, green....ya know...everything doesn’t have to be about race.

The problem isn't in parents prioritizing the needs of their own children. It's in parents or actively encouraging social systems that don't give all parents the same authority and power to do the same.

This is exactly the issue. We are "white," but Jewish. I can't stand the thought of the Trumper nutjobs in my neighborhood, with their fake Christianity, pushing their own views in our school. They hate everyone who isn't a racist evangelical like them, including democrats and Jews, Muslims, anyone. This is the "white" that I, as a white person, am much more afraid of than any person of color when it comes to who is going to have power and authority.

I bet you probably want to push your views onto people who disagree with you, in the name of progressivity and equity and whatever? So you're just the pot calling the kettle black.

I do think it is natural for all parents to take a strong interest in their children's education. What we have seen in the past year was effectively a progressive side trying to gaslight a more conservative reaction for having the wrong views and calling it racist and bigoted if someone disagreed with them.

I must admit that the people who are most obsessed with race and calling other people racists are.... progressive white people. If they are so consumed by racism maybe it's a reflection of their inner secret selves, they are the real racists. It makes sense, it's the elite progressives who are the first to flee for private schools or for rich school districts in the name of their children's education and the first to move if a local school seems to decline in quality. They are also the ones who project, to a remarkable degree, what the correct views should be onto nonwhites. They rant about white supremacy and colonialism and then turn around and tell non whites that they can't be anything but progressive liberals in their outlook and voting habits, and throw tamper tantrums when non whites vote for the Republicans or run for office as Republicans. They are the ones who make up terms like Latinx and impose it on Spanish speakers who have absolutely no history of the term for it is linguistically impossible in Spanish.

It really is astonishing, isn't it?

I'm black. I won't venture to psychoanalyze white progressives, but I often cringe at how cavalierly they make reference to white (male) privilege, systematic racism, etc. Don't get me wrong, I think white supremacy, anti-blackness, etc. are real things that need to be confronted, but some of it seems a bit performative and just makes me feel uncomfortable in mixed company. Do white people talk like this when they are alone?

At any rate, sometimes it can be easier to be around black people precisely because so much just doesn't have to be said...if you know what I mean.

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I bet you probably want to push your views onto people who disagree with you, in the name of progressivity and equity and whatever? So you're just the pot calling the kettle black.

I do think it is natural for all parents to take a strong interest in their children's education. What we have seen in the past year was effectively a progressive side trying to gaslight a more conservative reaction for having the wrong views and calling it racist and bigoted if someone disagreed with them.

I must admit that the people who are most obsessed with race and calling other people racists are.... progressive white people. If they are so consumed by racism maybe it's a reflection of their inner secret selves, they are the real racists. It makes sense, it's the elite progressives who are the first to flee for private schools or for rich school districts in the name of their children's education and the first to move if a local school seems to decline in quality. They are also the ones who project, to a remarkable degree, what the correct views should be onto nonwhites. They rant about white supremacy and colonialism and then turn around and tell non whites that they can't be anything but progressive liberals in their outlook and voting habits, and throw tamper tantrums when non whites vote for the Republicans or run for office as Republicans. They are the ones who make up terms like Latinx and impose it on Spanish speakers who have absolutely no history of the term for it is linguistically impossible in Spanish.

It really is astonishing, isn't it?


I'm black. I won't venture to psychoanalyze white progressives, but I often cringe at how cavalierly they make reference to white (male) privilege, systematic racism, etc. Don't get me wrong, I think white supremacy, anti-blackness, etc. are real things that need to be confronted, but some of it seems a bit performative and just makes me feel uncomfortable in mixed company. Do white people talk like this when they are alone?

At any rate, sometimes it can be easier to be around black people precisely because so much just doesn't have to be said...if you know what I mean.

There is a lot of one-upping among white people. Lots of competitive virtue signaling. I can't say it's a part of daily life, but it does come up with certain topics like schools. In NYC I've become accustomed to well-educated, self-righteous white progressive education parents suggesting that G&T parents like myself are morally deficient, because we have enrolled our children in a G&T program. By and large, these are Ivy (or equivalent)-educated, suburban-raised people with at least one high-earning professional parent (MD or JD) who wouldn't know struggle if it hit them in the face. I think much of this posturing is performative, because none of their "solutions" will do anything to improve the living conditions or status of those who are most needy. This segment of the Left is largely ideological, but not practical.

[Anonymous]

Actually, I don’t want to have much say in my children’s academics- but what I see as academic includes, math, grammar, science, and history mostly. When it comes to formation of my child’s morality, that should fall to me and our family.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for white people who are being held accountable today for the actions of their ancestors. I can see why there is a lot of pushback.

Most of the US are immigrants. Unless you are the very few whose ancestors were plantation owners, there's nothing to be held accountable for. Asian people didn't own slaves, in fact, most of them were mistreated horribly themselves. Same with Mexicans. Indians. Even the Europeans like the ones from Russia and Ireland who lived in filthy cramped rooms in cities at the turn of the century. That doesn't mean that racism doesn't exist but every culture has issues with oppression. I went to a majority black school and the problem wasn't racism. The problem was that the community itself didn't value education. It valued becoming a rapper or football player or entertainer. I had smart black friends who were constantly bullied for acting white just because they chose to speak well and excel at school. You can't help a community that refuses to address the problems that they themselves have also created. We can tackle racism (I'm not denying it exists) but there's got to be some of accountability in the community as well.

Oof. This hit me right in the cr@ppy update NY schools I attended. At they were all white but still poor. The assumption was that you'd get a union job when you graduated. Kids who wanted to go to college were mocked and dragged down.

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Anonymous wrote:Hard work and determination made slaves successful? Allowed Black people to thrive under American apartheid (Jim Crow laws)? Allowed Black people to build wealth under systems of red-lining?

I think you need to hop off your silver spoon.

And you need to hop over to 2020, none of these things are stopping anyone from being successful today. The biggest barrier to success are terrible parents telling their children that someone or something is stopping them from being somebody.

Is it that you don't think it matters that the average white family has 10 times more wealth than the average Black family (just one of many examples of the way historical racism continues to play out), or that you think that doesn't have anything to do with our history of centuries of racism and racial injustice?

Legal segregation and other forms of explicit and major structural racism have been over for less than 60 years. Little Ruby Bridges who integrated her school under brutally racist circumstances is only 66 years old today. How quickly do you think all the effects of this stuff disappear?

It's like you beat a person bloody and then start yelling at them as they lie battered on the floor "Why aren't you getting up? I'm not hitting you anymore! You must just be lazy and weak..."

What are you blathering about? What exactly is stopping a high schooler of any color from becoming successful? What law is prohibiting them from becoming as powerful and educated as they want? I’m truly wondering what you are talking about, how will you face a 17 year old and tell them “you can’t do this because of your race” in 2020? And my children aren’t white by the way.

NP. I agree with this wholeheartedly. Do I think racism exists? Yes, it does and we need to work on it as a country. But do I think that here in 2020, that there is something prohibiting black and brown kids from being successful in school? Absolutely NOT despite what liberals want you to believe.

Dispatches from a low-performing urban district. It just happens that 90% of students here are Black or Latino, funny how that happens. Our kids get the crumbling school. Our kids get the cancelled theatre program because building inspectors designated the theatre as unsafe. Our kids have trashcans catching leaks in every school I"ve been in recently. Many of our kids don't have access to advanced academic classes, particularly in math and science. Our kids get long-term subs with no content knowlege.30% of our teachers are chronically absent. When teachers did a work to rule union action, that meant no extra help, no factulty for afterschool activities, and no recommendatio letters. Our school system is being sued by the DOJ for violating requirement for informing parents about their children's rights to ELL services and not providing those services. Our kids work multiple jobs to help out at home, or they watch their siblings and cousins so adults can work. When our kids play away games against non-urban districts, the crowds chant "USA, USA" or "Trump, Trump."

This system exists because of racism, because of an existential fear of what would happen if these kids got all they deserved and were competing against the kids with all the advantages.

I live in a million dollar neighborhood and you just described the high school my son attends. Why? Equity. Our county takes our tax dollars and spends most of it on schools in the poorer parts of the county. Our kids still thrive because none of what you described matters all that much. Having 2 parents who care about education is the most important factor in educational success. Your area is probably 65% single parents. That's what's keeping everyone down.

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Anonymous wrote:Hard work and determination made slaves successful? Allowed Black people to thrive under American apartheid (Jim Crow laws)? Allowed Black people to build wealth under systems of red-lining?

I think you need to hop off your silver spoon.

And you need to hop over to 2020, none of these things are stopping anyone from being successful today. The biggest barrier to success are terrible parents telling their children that someone or something is stopping them from being somebody.

Is it that you don't think it matters that the average white family has 10 times more wealth than the average Black family (just one of many examples of the way historical racism continues to play out), or that you think that doesn't have anything to do with our history of centuries of racism and racial injustice?

Legal segregation and other forms of explicit and major structural racism have been over for less than 60 years. Little Ruby Bridges who integrated her school under brutally racist circumstances is only 66 years old today. How quickly do you think all the effects of this stuff disappear?

It's like you beat a person bloody and then start yelling at them as they lie battered on the floor "Why aren't you getting up? I'm not hitting you anymore! You must just be lazy and weak..."

What are you blathering about? What exactly is stopping a high schooler of any color from becoming successful? What law is prohibiting them from becoming as powerful and educated as they want? I’m truly wondering what you are talking about, how will you face a 17 year old and tell them “you can’t do this because of your race” in 2020? And my children aren’t white by the way.

NP. I agree with this wholeheartedly. Do I think racism exists? Yes, it does and we need to work on it as a country. But do I think that here in 2020, that there is something prohibiting black and brown kids from being successful in school? Absolutely NOT despite what liberals want you to believe.

Dispatches from a low-performing urban district. It just happens that 90% of students here are Black or Latino, funny how that happens. Our kids get the crumbling school. Our kids get the cancelled theatre program because building inspectors designated the theatre as unsafe. Our kids have trashcans catching leaks in every school I"ve been in recently. Many of our kids don't have access to advanced academic classes, particularly in math and science. Our kids get long-term subs with no content knowlege.30% of our teachers are chronically absent. When teachers did a work to rule union action, that meant no extra help, no factulty for afterschool activities, and no recommendatio letters. Our school system is being sued by the DOJ for violating requirement for informing parents about their children's rights to ELL services and not providing those services. Our kids work multiple jobs to help out at home, or they watch their siblings and cousins so adults can work. When our kids play away games against non-urban districts, the crowds chant "USA, USA" or "Trump, Trump."

This system exists because of racism, because of an existential fear of what would happen if these kids got all they deserved and were competing against the kids with all the advantages.

And whose fault is it that the poor minority kids get the crumbling schools? Interesting that Montgomery County the land of the progressive liberals who claim to care for black and brown students have ignored them for so long.Check out Southlake elementary school and tell me whose fault that is. Check out Neelsville MS and tell me about that. And then you wonder why people with means avoid these schools?

Nice try. If you were honest you would have included Pooleaville and Wootton among your lost of crumbling schools.But you were more interested in spinning a fake story that l schools in poor areas of MoCo are underfunded when the opposite is true. MCPS spends millions of dollars more in lower SES schools than it does in wealthier schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for white people who are being held accountable today for the actions of their ancestors. I can see why there is a lot of pushback.

Most of the US are immigrants. Unless you are the very few whose ancestors were plantation owners, there's nothing to be held accountable for. Asian people didn't own slaves, in fact, most of them were mistreated horribly themselves. Same with Mexicans. Indians. Even the Europeans like the ones from Russia and Ireland who lived in filthy cramped rooms in cities at the turn of the century. That doesn't mean that racism doesn't exist but every culture has issues with oppression. I went to a majority black school and the problem wasn't racism. The problem was that the community itself didn't value education. It valued becoming a rapper or football player or entertainer. I had smart black friends who were constantly bullied for acting white just because they chose to speak well and excel at school. You can't help a community that refuses to address the problems that they themselves have also created. We can tackle racism (I'm not denying it exists) but there's got to be some of accountability in the community as well.

Well said. And the experience of many Americans.

Except it completely disregards that the immigrants they talk about look white. I am an immigrant and my son will never have to walk or drive in fear that the police might kill him. As long as he is in public school, my son will go to a school where the PTA raises tens of thousands of dollars. He will be amongst kids who mostly have 2-parent homes, no food shortages etc. etc.

"walk or drive in fear that the police might kill him"

This is such a bizarre sentiment. The far left continues to terrorize the black community with ginned up falsehoods. Random police killings are so rare that someone is more likely to die from a lightning strike. Black on black murders are far more prevalent but no one is warning black people that they should fear other black people. Why is that?

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting series so far.

I'm curious as to what kind of policies she'd recommend at the end of this.

That’s the key. Right now there doesn’t seem to be a good answer that promotes equity when the people in power want to keep their advantages....

Obvious answer is that parents of whites will need to give up their kids unearned privilege.

ok Pol Pot, you can get right on that

- said the fragile racist white parent. Why is it so difficult for you to at least confront your privilege?

What does that mean exactly...to "give up your privilege?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This podcast came to mind with the election.

Just as we suspected: white supremacy is alive and growing - even in the DC suburbs - with their election of a slate of white supremacists.

What?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So far white parents are guilty of considering their own children's needs first.

I do think the fundraising situation with the French immersion program was shady.

This maybe the dumbest comment ever. Who doesn’t think of their child first...in everything?? I don’t know of a parent who doesn’t have their child’s well being at the top of mind....black, white, red, yellow, green....ya know...everything doesn’t have to be about race.

The problem isn't in parents prioritizing the needs of their own children. It's in parents or actively encouraging social systems that don't give all parents the same authority and power to do the same.

This is exactly the issue. We are "white," but Jewish. I can't stand the thought of the Trumper nutjobs in my neighborhood, with their fake Christianity, pushing their own views in our school. They hate everyone who isn't a racist evangelical like them, including democrats and Jews, Muslims, anyone. This is the "white" that I, as a white person, am much more afraid of than any person of color when it comes to who is going to have power and authority.

I bet you probably want to push your views onto people who disagree with you, in the name of progressivity and equity and whatever? So you're just the pot calling the kettle black.

I do think it is natural for all parents to take a strong interest in their children's education. What we have seen in the past year was effectively a progressive side trying to gaslight a more conservative reaction for having the wrong views and calling it racist and bigoted if someone disagreed with them.

I must admit that the people who are most obsessed with race and calling other people racists are.... progressive white people. If they are so consumed by racism maybe it's a reflection of their inner secret selves, they are the real racists. It makes sense, it's the elite progressives who are the first to flee for private schools or for rich school districts in the name of their children's education and the first to move if a local school seems to decline in quality. They are also the ones who project, to a remarkable degree, what the correct views should be onto nonwhites. They rant about white supremacy and colonialism and then turn around and tell non whites that they can't be anything but progressive liberals in their outlook and voting habits, and throw tamper tantrums when non whites vote for the Republicans or run for office as Republicans. They are the ones who make up terms like Latinx and impose it on Spanish speakers who have absolutely no history of the term for it is linguistically impossible in Spanish.

It really is astonishing, isn't it?

I'm black. I won't venture to psychoanalyze white progressives, but I often cringe at how cavalierly they make reference to white (male) privilege, systematic racism, etc. Don't get me wrong, I think white supremacy, anti-blackness, etc. are real things that need to be confronted, but some of it seems a bit performative and just makes me feel uncomfortable in mixed company. Do white people talk like this when they are alone?

At any rate, sometimes it can be easier to be around black people precisely because so much just doesn't have to be said...if you know what I mean.

It's even worse when you're (black people) not around. Progressives talk about black people as if you were pets. It's disgusting. I'm all for helping poor people across the board. If that ends up helping one race over another a bit more then so be it.

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Anonymous wrote:Actually, I don’t want to have much say in my children’s academics- but what I see as academic includes, math, grammar, science, and history mostly. When it comes to formation of my child’s morality, that should fall to me and our family.

This. Too many educators act like crusaders pushing CRT and its offshoots onto kids because they believe it is their moral duty to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:Hard work and determination made slaves successful? Allowed Black people to thrive under American apartheid (Jim Crow laws)? Allowed Black people to build wealth under systems of red-lining?

I think you need to hop off your silver spoon.

And you need to hop over to 2020, none of these things are stopping anyone from being successful today. The biggest barrier to success are terrible parents telling their children that someone or something is stopping them from being somebody.

Is it that you don't think it matters that the average white family has 10 times more wealth than the average Black family (just one of many examples of the way historical racism continues to play out), or that you think that doesn't have anything to do with our history of centuries of racism and racial injustice?

Legal segregation and other forms of explicit and major structural racism have been over for less than 60 years. Little Ruby Bridges who integrated her school under brutally racist circumstances is only 66 years old today. How quickly do you think all the effects of this stuff disappear?

It's like you beat a person bloody and then start yelling at them as they lie battered on the floor "Why aren't you getting up? I'm not hitting you anymore! You must just be lazy and weak..."

What are you blathering about? What exactly is stopping a high schooler of any color from becoming successful? What law is prohibiting them from becoming as powerful and educated as they want? I’m truly wondering what you are talking about, how will you face a 17 year old and tell them “you can’t do this because of your race” in 2020? And my children aren’t white by the way.

NP. I agree with this wholeheartedly. Do I think racism exists? Yes, it does and we need to work on it as a country. But do I think that here in 2020, that there is something prohibiting black and brown kids from being successful in school? Absolutely NOT despite what liberals want you to believe.

Dispatches from a low-performing urban district. It just happens that 90% of students here are Black or Latino, funny how that happens. Our kids get the crumbling school. Our kids get the cancelled theatre program because building inspectors designated the theatre as unsafe. Our kids have trashcans catching leaks in every school I"ve been in recently. Many of our kids don't have access to advanced academic classes, particularly in math and science. Our kids get long-term subs with no content knowlege.30% of our teachers are chronically absent. When teachers did a work to rule union action, that meant no extra help, no factulty for afterschool activities, and no recommendatio letters. Our school system is being sued by the DOJ for violating requirement for informing parents about their children's rights to ELL services and not providing those services. Our kids work multiple jobs to help out at home, or they watch their siblings and cousins so adults can work. When our kids play away games against non-urban districts, the crowds chant "USA, USA" or "Trump, Trump."

This system exists because of racism, because of an existential fear of what would happen if these kids got all they deserved and were competing against the kids with all the advantages.

What party governs your city? What race are your leaders? Hold them accountable. Try comparing urban districts across the country and you will notice some patterns.

DP. PP is illustrating the irony of having teachers responsible for educating children about structural and institutional racism. Who is the bad guy in the PP's scenario? The school district, the teachers union, and the democratic leaders who continue to allow these conditions to exist.

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Anonymous wrote:Hard work and determination made slaves successful? Allowed Black people to thrive under American apartheid (Jim Crow laws)? Allowed Black people to build wealth under systems of red-lining?

I think you need to hop off your silver spoon.

And you need to hop over to 2020, none of these things are stopping anyone from being successful today. The biggest barrier to success are terrible parents telling their children that someone or something is stopping them from being somebody.

Is it that you don't think it matters that the average white family has 10 times more wealth than the average Black family (just one of many examples of the way historical racism continues to play out), or that you think that doesn't have anything to do with our history of centuries of racism and racial injustice?

Legal segregation and other forms of explicit and major structural racism have been over for less than 60 years. Little Ruby Bridges who integrated her school under brutally racist circumstances is only 66 years old today. How quickly do you think all the effects of this stuff disappear?

It's like you beat a person bloody and then start yelling at them as they lie battered on the floor "Why aren't you getting up? I'm not hitting you anymore! You must just be lazy and weak..."

What are you blathering about? What exactly is stopping a high schooler of any color from becoming successful? What law is prohibiting them from becoming as powerful and educated as they want? I’m truly wondering what you are talking about, how will you face a 17 year old and tell them “you can’t do this because of your race” in 2020? And my children aren’t white by the way.

NP. I agree with this wholeheartedly. Do I think racism exists? Yes, it does and we need to work on it as a country. But do I think that here in 2020, that there is something prohibiting black and brown kids from being successful in school? Absolutely NOT despite what liberals want you to believe.

Dispatches from a low-performing urban district. It just happens that 90% of students here are Black or Latino, funny how that happens. Our kids get the crumbling school. Our kids get the cancelled theatre program because building inspectors designated the theatre as unsafe. Our kids have trashcans catching leaks in every school I"ve been in recently. Many of our kids don't have access to advanced academic classes, particularly in math and science. Our kids get long-term subs with no content knowlege.30% of our teachers are chronically absent. When teachers did a work to rule union action, that meant no extra help, no factulty for afterschool activities, and no recommendatio letters. Our school system is being sued by the DOJ for violating requirement for informing parents about their children's rights to ELL services and not providing those services. Our kids work multiple jobs to help out at home, or they watch their siblings and cousins so adults can work. When our kids play away games against non-urban districts, the crowds chant "USA, USA" or "Trump, Trump."

This system exists because of racism, because of an existential fear of what would happen if these kids got all they deserved and were competing against the kids with all the advantages.

What party governs your city? What race are your leaders? Hold them accountable. Try comparing urban districts across the country and you will notice some patterns.

DP. PP is illustrating the irony of having teachers responsible for educating children about structural and institutional racism. Who is the bad guy in the PP's scenario? The school district, the teachers union, and the democratic leaders who continue to allow these conditions to exist.

The idea that Dem-controlled jurisdictions (also) allow racial inequality to fester would seem to cohere with (not contradict) theories of structural racism.


Whether and how this should be taught in schools is a different matter altogether.