Why do parents have such an issue with DEIB

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who remembers their seventh grade teacher trying to convince the class that slaves were happy to be slaves, I am glad that we have evolved.

Oh, and those who are anti-DEI...that is just garden variety racism.

+1000

As someone that was in the DMV in 7th grade that didn't happen here.

Which school?

If you want me to prove my bonafides then all I am going to mention is Kilamanjaro, Tracks, and the Tenleytown Roy Rogers.

Now tell me what schools in the DMV were minimizong slavery in the 80's, 90's, or 00's.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to think the same as you OP. I thought DEI pushback was simply racist republicans being racists.

Then I read a proposed curriculum that asserted that Mathematics’ focus on students getting correct answers was indicative of white supremacist culture. I then looked into DEI further and was shocked to discover what is creeping into public school curriculums and lesson plans.

This is utter BS
fear mongering from the rw crowd

trust me, we WISH it was

https://mynorthwest.com/3950467/jason-rantz-seattle-english-high-school-students-white-supremacy-reading-writing/

So no evidence of this happening in a DC area private school (the topic of this thread)?

I don't like your facts so I'm changing the scope of the thread to some very small corner because I can't refute the claims!

See question and see where you are. This is a DC message board and a question was asked about private schools because it's a DC message board it is about DC private schools.

You are deflecting as you were trained to sew contention and make people second guess.

BTW people have written books about folks like you who do this and make people question things they know to be true.

Sorry to burst your bubble but the locals are outnumbered here. You're fighting an uphill battle on many levels. You know that which is why you feel the need to insult. And who trained me in sewing? What are you talking about?

“The locals are outnumbered”

I doubt that, but the outsider agitators are as loud as they are ignorant.

Alas, the final battle with the foreigners is not yet here on DCUM. All it is is a handful of your neighbors and fellow parents, annoyed by the idiocy they see around them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to think the same as you OP. I thought DEI pushback was simply racist republicans being racists.

Then I read a proposed curriculum that asserted that Mathematics’ focus on students getting correct answers was indicative of white supremacist culture. I then looked into DEI further and was shocked to discover what is creeping into public school curriculums and lesson plans.

It’s a bunch of garbage 90% of the time and a total money grab for unqualified new DEI “experts.”

Even San Fran fell for an extremism activists new low quality “curriculum,” currently audited by parents, board, and national news and was recently terminated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to think the same as you OP. I thought DEI pushback was simply racist republicans being racists.

Then I read a proposed curriculum that asserted that Mathematics’ focus on students getting correct answers was indicative of white supremacist culture. I then looked into DEI further and was shocked to discover what is creeping into public school curriculums and lesson plans.

This is utter BS
fear mongering from the rw crowd

trust me, we WISH it was

https://mynorthwest.com/3950467/jason-rantz-seattle-english-high-school-students-white-supremacy-reading-writing/

So no evidence of this happening in a DC area private school (the topic of this thread)?

I don't like your facts so I'm changing the scope of the thread to some very small corner because I can't refute the claims!

See question and see where you are. This is a DC message board and a question was asked about private schools because it's a DC message board it is about DC private schools.

You are deflecting as you were trained to sew contention and make people second guess.

BTW people have written books about folks like you who do this and make people question things they know to be true.

Sorry to burst your bubble but the locals are outnumbered here. You're fighting an uphill battle on many levels. You know that which is why you feel the need to insult. And who trained me in sewing? What are you talking about?

“The locals are outnumbered”

I doubt that, but the outsider agitators are as loud as they are ignorant.

You doubt that, but you can't really say for sure, can you? Your ignorance is on full display with your poor grasp of grammar and spelling but don't let that stop you as you name call and flail uselessly.

You are confusing posters.

And we can ask Jeff to be sure about outside agitators. My money is that the most inflammatory posts are primarily made by a small number (1-2) non-DC posters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to think the same as you OP. I thought DEI pushback was simply racist republicans being racists.

Then I read a proposed curriculum that asserted that Mathematics’ focus on students getting correct answers was indicative of white supremacist culture. I then looked into DEI further and was shocked to discover what is creeping into public school curriculums and lesson plans.

This is utter BS
fear mongering from the rw crowd

trust me, we WISH it was

https://mynorthwest.com/3950467/jason-rantz-seattle-english-high-school-students-white-supremacy-reading-writing/

So no evidence of this happening in a DC area private school (the topic of this thread)?

I don't like your facts so I'm changing the scope of the thread to some very small corner because I can't refute the claims!

See question and see where you are. This is a DC message board and a question was asked about private schools because it's a DC message board it is about DC private schools.

You are deflecting as you were trained to sew contention and make people second guess.

BTW people have written books about folks like you who do this and make people question things they know to be true.

Sorry to burst your bubble but the locals are outnumbered here. You're fighting an uphill battle on many levels. You know that which is why you feel the need to insult. And who trained me in sewing? What are you talking about?

“The locals are outnumbered”

I doubt that, but the outsider agitators are as loud as they are ignorant.

You doubt that, but you can't really say for sure, can you? Your ignorance is on full display with your poor grasp of grammar and spelling but don't let that stop you as you name call and flail uselessly.

You are confusing posters.

And we can ask Jeff to be sure about outside agitators. My money is that the most inflammatory posts are primarily made by a small number (1-2) non-DC posters.

Ask away

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right, which is why the DEI proponents are so defensive in this thread. The idea that DEI proponents who are sending their kids to a $50,000/year private school actually want to relinquish any of their profound structural privileges is openly laughable.

What "structural privileges" do racial minorities or non-straight people have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to think the same as you OP. I thought DEI pushback was simply racist republicans being racists.

Then I read a proposed curriculum that asserted that Mathematics’ focus on students getting correct answers was indicative of white supremacist culture. I then looked into DEI further and was shocked to discover what is creeping into public school curriculums and lesson plans.

It’s a bunch of garbage 90% of the time and a total money grab for unqualified new DEI “experts.”

Even San Fran fell for an extremism activists new low quality “curriculum,” currently audited by parents, board, and national news and was recently terminated.

It’s wild that SF banned algebra in 7th and 8th. However to be fair - the fact is that trends upend public school curriculum all the time - like “whole language” displacing phonics. The current harmful trend is deciding that “direct instruction” (ie teaching) is anathema to education. So it’s not all equity. It’s that K-12 in the US is frighteningly bad unless it is externally structured like AP and IB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right, which is why the DEI proponents are so defensive in this thread. The idea that DEI proponents who are sending their kids to a $50,000/year private school actually want to relinquish any of their profound structural privileges is openly laughable.

What "structural privileges" do racial minorities or non-straight people have?

How odd that you have apparently never encountered a man in your life. Or someone who isn’t disabled. Or someone who isn’t born in the US. Or someone who isn’t extremely wealthy.

You must truly live a sheltered existence. Perhaps you need to leave this discussion to the grown-ups.

[Anonymous]

Non sequitur FTL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only systemic racism in America is affirmative action and DEI

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to think the same as you OP. I thought DEI pushback was simply racist republicans being racists.

Then I read a proposed curriculum that asserted that Mathematics’ focus on students getting correct answers was indicative of white supremacist culture. I then looked into DEI further and was shocked to discover what is creeping into public school curriculums and lesson plans.

It’s a bunch of garbage 90% of the time and a total money grab for unqualified new DEI “experts.”

Even San Fran fell for an extremism activists new low quality “curriculum,” currently audited by parents, board, and national news and was recently terminated.

It’s wild that SF banned algebra in 7th and 8th. However to be fair - the fact is that trends upend public school curriculum all the time - like “whole language” displacing phonics. The current harmful trend is deciding that “direct instruction” (ie teaching) is anathema to education. So it’s not all equity. It’s that K-12 in the US is frighteningly bad unless it is externally structured like AP and IB.

Totally irrelevant to DC private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who remembers their seventh grade teacher trying to convince the class that slaves were happy to be slaves, I am glad that we have evolved.

Oh, and those who are anti-DEI...that is just garden variety racism.

+1000

As someone that was in the DMV in 7th grade that didn't happen here.

Which school?

If you want me to prove my bonafides then all I am going to mention is Kilamanjaro, Tracks, and the Tenleytown Roy Rogers.

Now tell me what schools in the DMV were minimizong slavery in the 80's, 90's, or 00's.

Omg omg kilamanjaros- that and tracks takes me back.

Fifth column and common share

Odeon DuPont south and north w the pillar in the middle of the theater

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to think the same as you OP. I thought DEI pushback was simply racist republicans being racists.

Then I read a proposed curriculum that asserted that Mathematics’ focus on students getting correct answers was indicative of white supremacist culture. I then looked into DEI further and was shocked to discover what is creeping into public school curriculums and lesson plans.

It’s a bunch of garbage 90% of the time and a total money grab for unqualified new DEI “experts.”

Even San Fran fell for an extremism activists new low quality “curriculum,” currently audited by parents, board, and national news and was recently terminated.

It’s wild that SF banned algebra in 7th and 8th. However to be fair - the fact is that trends upend public school curriculum all the time - like “whole language” displacing phonics. The current harmful trend is deciding that “direct instruction” (ie teaching) is anathema to education. So it’s not all equity. It’s that K-12 in the US is frighteningly bad unless it is externally structured like AP and IB.

Totally irrelevant to DC private schools.

no, very relevant - all this stuff makes it to private schools too

and it's the same general crowd that keeps wanting to reinvent the wheel

anything to avoid having to show an upward trend in apples to apples test scores, i.e. improvement over time in our ability to get information into students' brains

so I agree - DEIB is just one small piece

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who remembers their seventh grade teacher trying to convince the class that slaves were happy to be slaves, I am glad that we have evolved.

Oh, and those who are anti-DEI...that is just garden variety racism.

+1000

As someone that was in the DMV in 7th grade that didn't happen here.

Which school?

If you want me to prove my bonafides then all I am going to mention is Kilamanjaro, Tracks, and the Tenleytown Roy Rogers.

Now tell me what schools in the DMV were minimizong slavery in the 80's, 90's, or 00's.

Omg omg kilamanjaros- that and tracks takes me back.

Fifth column and common share

Odeon DuPont south and north w the pillar in the middle of the theater

Don't forget the Biograph!


The point is that the people who are asking if some of the DEI practices are out of balance are local parents. Everyone around here believes in diversity and inclusion but we have concerns about what appears to be an overwhelming focus on identity and racial determinism. Why are we, in DC, acting like our children are growing up in Mississippi?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right, which is why the DEI proponents are so defensive in this thread. The idea that DEI proponents who are sending their kids to a $50,000/year private school actually want to relinquish any of their profound structural privileges is openly laughable.

What "structural privileges" do racial minorities or non-straight people have?

Money.