MCPS letter today - So sad this is still happening

[Anonymous]

The letter was well-intentioned but it ultimately felt toothless and empty. There isn't much specific or meaningful action MCPS is doing and this basically boiled down to telling parents to tell their kids to be nice.

This is stupid because:

1) Kids already know this and don't care. They're doing and saying outrageous things because they wrongly think it's funny and/or makes them edgy to their friends because they saw it on social media.
2) Kids are mimicking the antisemitic behavior and attitudes of their parents and family members
3) Kids now they can do outrageous and offensive things and not suffer serious or drastic consequences so there's no meaningful deterrent to this behavior

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that, in all of the discussions around race, fairness, college admissions, etc is it the case that the overrepresentation of the Jewish population in Ivy League schools is never discussed?

“40% of students at Columbia and UPenn are now Jewish.“

https://www.jta.org/archive/doors-of-ivy-league-colleges-reported-wide-open-for-jewish-students

“2.2% of US adult population has some basis for Jewish self-identification”

Should we be drawing swastikas on school grounds? Hell no. Should we have an open discussion around the systemic issues that are leading to one group being so remarkably over overrepresented and the level of suppressed antagonistic thoughts that may be brewing under the surface and leading to these aggressive behaviors?

Let’s see how the board responds to such a thought.

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/colleges-with-the-best-jewish-life

Guess affirmative action hasn’t changed things?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews#:~:text=According%20to%20Gallup%20and%20Pew,demographers%20Arnold%20Dashefsky%20%26%20Ira%20M.

I mean these stats are remarkable.

Yes I think we should have a discussion about your anti-semitism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that, in all of the discussions around race, fairness, college admissions, etc is it the case that the overrepresentation of the Jewish population in Ivy League schools is never discussed?

“40% of students at Columbia and UPenn are now Jewish.“

https://www.jta.org/archive/doors-of-ivy-league-colleges-reported-wide-open-for-jewish-students

“2.2% of US adult population has some basis for Jewish self-identification”

Should we be drawing swastikas on school grounds? Hell no. Should we have an open discussion around the systemic issues that are leading to one group being so remarkably over overrepresented and the level of suppressed antagonistic thoughts that may be brewing under the surface and leading to these aggressive behaviors?

Let’s see how the board responds to such a thought.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews#:~:text=According%20to%20Gallup%20and%20Pew,demographers%20Arnold%20Dashefsky%20%26%20Ira%20M.

I mean these stats are remarkable.

The first article you quoted was published in 1967

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/colleges-with-the-best-jewish-life

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that, in all of the discussions around race, fairness, college admissions, etc is it the case that the overrepresentation of the Jewish population in Ivy League schools is never discussed?

“40% of students at Columbia and UPenn are now Jewish.“

https://www.jta.org/archive/doors-of-ivy-league-colleges-reported-wide-open-for-jewish-students

“2.2% of US adult population has some basis for Jewish self-identification”

Should we be drawing swastikas on school grounds? Hell no. Should we have an open discussion around the systemic issues that are leading to one group being so remarkably over overrepresented and the level of suppressed antagonistic thoughts that may be brewing under the surface and leading to these aggressive behaviors?

Let’s see how the board responds to such a thought.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews#:~:text=According%20to%20Gallup%20and%20Pew,demographers%20Arnold%20Dashefsky%20%26%20Ira%20M.

I mean these stats are remarkable.

The first article you quoted was published in 1967

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/colleges-with-the-best-jewish-life

Why is the discussion of over/under representation of underrepresented minorities perfectly acceptable discourse in academia until the discussion is turned towards a group which is roughly 600% over represented in elite schools relative to the US population? There’s nothing wrong with heralded the merits of increasing enrollment of one minority group, but pointing out that another is the single most overrepresented demographic implies the observer possesses hate towards said overrepresented group? Explain with logic please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that, in all of the discussions around race, fairness, college admissions, etc is it the case that the overrepresentation of the Jewish population in Ivy League schools is never discussed?

“40% of students at Columbia and UPenn are now Jewish.“

https://www.jta.org/archive/doors-of-ivy-league-colleges-reported-wide-open-for-jewish-students

“2.2% of US adult population has some basis for Jewish self-identification”

Should we be drawing swastikas on school grounds? Hell no. Should we have an open discussion around the systemic issues that are leading to one group being so remarkably over overrepresented and the level of suppressed antagonistic thoughts that may be brewing under the surface and leading to these aggressive behaviors?

Let’s see how the board responds to such a thought.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews#:~:text=According%20to%20Gallup%20and%20Pew,demographers%20Arnold%20Dashefsky%20%26%20Ira%20M.

I mean these stats are remarkable.

The first article you quoted was published in 1967

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/colleges-with-the-best-jewish-life

Why is the discussion of over/under representation of underrepresented minorities perfectly acceptable discourse in academia until the discussion is turned towards a group which is roughly 600% over represented in elite schools relative to the US population? There’s nothing wrong with heralded the merits of increasing enrollment of one minority group, but pointing out that another is the single most overrepresented demographic implies the observer possesses hate towards said overrepresented group? Explain with logic please.

explain with logic why you think “too many Jews get into Harvard” is a good contribution to a thread about anti-semitism?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The swastikas could be Jewish kids also joking around. Maybe less attention (which the perpetrators may be seeking) and less jumping to conclusions about it being hate.

Are you the mom from the Woods thread saying the boy who made the homophobic club is probably gay.

[Anonymous]

This isn't just abstract "hate." Antisemitism has a history of its own that needs to be taught. People pretending it's just like all other kinds of "hate" are bullshitting themselves. And the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. I really, really don't. What is going on at home that these kids think this is okay?? Are their parents really talking about how much they hate Jews around the dinner table? Do they get unrestricted access to the internet? Are parents totally and completely absent? I'm struggling to wrap my head around it.

I don't think the kids who do this actually hate Jews. I think they just do it to see the reaction it gets. Stupidity not hate.

This kind of speculation is completely offensive. It's always the same parents trying to excuse this behavior by making these generalizations with 0 evidence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. I really, really don't. What is going on at home that these kids think this is okay?? Are their parents really talking about how much they hate Jews around the dinner table? Do they get unrestricted access to the internet? Are parents totally and completely absent? I'm struggling to wrap my head around it.

I don't think the kids who do this actually hate Jews. I think they just do it to see the reaction it gets. Stupidity not hate.

100% this

[Anonymous]

One of the incidents was at our school and the entire community is up in arms, all sorts of programming, all sorts of messaging, etc. The kid is still in school, no suspension. So everyone suffers, mobilizes, I’m assuming gobs of money going into all the programming as a result of one kid’s actions, and that kid gets to stand by without any serious individual consequence. Where is the justice in all that?

[Anonymous]

It seems more of a community issue than a MCPS issue.
Even if the family never indulges in racial or ethnic slurs and promotes respect for all religions and cultures, I imagine some teenagers fall down the rabbit hole of the dark side of the internet. They get influenced by conspiracy theories and who knows what else.
Unless a student physically defaces a sign on MCPS property or says something offensive at school, I don’t believe MCPS has the legal authority to punish the student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the incidents was at our school and the entire community is up in arms, all sorts of programming, all sorts of messaging, etc. The kid is still in school, no suspension. So everyone suffers, mobilizes, I’m assuming gobs of money going into all the programming as a result of one kid’s actions, and that kid gets to stand by without any serious individual consequence. Where is the justice in all that?

What school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. I really, really don't. What is going on at home that these kids think this is okay?? Are their parents really talking about how much they hate Jews around the dinner table? Do they get unrestricted access to the internet? Are parents totally and completely absent? I'm struggling to wrap my head around it.

I don't think the kids who do this actually hate Jews. I think they just do it to see the reaction it gets. Stupidity not hate.

This kind of speculation is completely offensive. It's always the same parents trying to excuse this behavior by making these generalizations with 0 evidence.

Did you see this story?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44641427

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. I really, really don't. What is going on at home that these kids think this is okay?? Are their parents really talking about how much they hate Jews around the dinner table? Do they get unrestricted access to the internet? Are parents totally and completely absent? I'm struggling to wrap my head around it.

I don't think the kids who do this actually hate Jews. I think they just do it to see the reaction it gets. Stupidity not hate.

This kind of speculation is completely offensive. It's always the same parents trying to excuse this behavior by making these generalizations with 0 evidence.

Exactly. It’s the parents that realize it could be their kids that does this and rationalize it. Very disturbing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get this. I really, really don't. What is going on at home that these kids think this is okay?? Are their parents really talking about how much they hate Jews around the dinner table? Do they get unrestricted access to the internet? Are parents totally and completely absent? I'm struggling to wrap my head around it.

I don't think the kids who do this actually hate Jews. I think they just do it to see the reaction it gets. Stupidity not hate.

This kind of speculation is completely offensive. It's always the same parents trying to excuse this behavior by making these generalizations with 0 evidence.

Did you see this story?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44641427

How is this relevant? He was extorting money. It was a planned plot by an adult.

How is this related to middle schoolers drawing swastikas on desks during school