The "White People Are Mosquitoes" Video in FCPS

Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:I was saddened the other day when my white ES kid came home from school and I asked "what did you learn today.?" And the kid said glumly "same thing as everyday. White people are bad."


My kid is in 10th grade. White. Has never heard those lessons. They're probably listening to you and your whining, honestly.


Or, conversely, it's possible your kid has stopped sharing because they know they're going to get another lecture from you to the same effect.


Nah, my kid is pretty open minded and we talk about a lot of things. We've talked about this a lot, actually. And we've asked what she learns, sees, experience.

So, no, not possible.
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Anonymous wrote:Videos like this are why we end up with so many young people now turning into arch-conservatives. They are rebelling against an establishment that pushes this SEL nonsense.


This. Tell a group that they are the problem enough and they will react, just not in the way that you hope



Did you WATCH the video? Because it is not saying "white people" are doing this. It shows white people, women, gay people, also as recipients.


The only value of a white male to this crowd is if they are LBGTQ or in a wheelchair, or can be portrayed as an aggressor.


That impression says more about you than the video.


DP. Oh? Is there anything good about a White man in the video? At all?
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Anonymous wrote:I was saddened the other day when my white ES kid came home from school and I asked "what did you learn today.?" And the kid said glumly "same thing as everyday. White people are bad."


I call BS on this. If that happened I'd march my liberal white @ss right over to the school and heads would roll. Again, METAPHORICALLY. I wouldn't actually chop off heads.


?It was a child's perception. I don't know exactly what led them to say that, but I'm not the type to "march right over there" and make "heads roll."


Uh huh. I double dog dare you to get your perceptive ES child to come on here and provide three to five examples of how s/he is learning "white people are bad" every day.


NP. My ES kids have learned that for years. They don't put it that way, but they have learned about how terrible the colonists were and then how bad the early Americans were. Many times in many different lessons in most ES grades.


Well, um, yeah. The reality of colonization is an ugly story, not pumpkin pies and turkey dinners. Violence, disease, death, enslavement.... and I am descended from early colonists. I acknowledge reality but it doesn't change my self perception. Do you think all Germans are bad, are genetically bad, because of the Holocaust? I don't. I haven't met a German who seems to believe that. Yet Germany is pretty direct, aren't they? In educating their population about what happened.


So far, my ES kids haven't learned anything good about white people or about the US at all. They have learned about racism and discrimination, etc., so they're all fired up about fighting segregation and overthrowing slavery. But that's about it.


My FCPS second grader went to Jamestown with her whole class. There we discussed all kinds of aspects of what it was like to live there - cold, disease, hunger. We visited native housing reproductions. Toured a ship. Saw some videos. It was age appropriate and not about the ugly side of colonization. It was interesting and fun. So not sure what FCPS you are learning from.


Our school, like many others, doesn't do the Jamestown trip. And they've canceled Colonial Day because there's nothing good to say about the colonists, they were all terrible and nothing to celebrate.

No one can enjoy any part of history because white people are bad.


They've renamed it "virginia day." Most other aspects of "colonial day" are the same at our school. And they still go to Jamestwon. And still do the Pilgrim/Native "thanksgiving dinner." You're fired up over nothing.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Videos like this are why we end up with so many young people now turning into arch-conservatives. They are rebelling against an establishment that pushes this SEL nonsense.


This. Tell a group that they are the problem enough and they will react, just not in the way that you hope



Did you WATCH the video? Because it is not saying "white people" are doing this. It shows white people, women, gay people, also as recipients.


The only value of a white male to this crowd is if they are LBGTQ or in a wheelchair, or can be portrayed as an aggressor.


That impression says more about you than the video.


DP. Oh? Is there anything good about a White man in the video? At all?


Oh yes.

It's a 2 minute video that isn't about white people at all. I know you may view everything through that lens. But it wasn't about you or white people at all.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Videos like this are why we end up with so many young people now turning into arch-conservatives. They are rebelling against an establishment that pushes this SEL nonsense.


This. Tell a group that they are the problem enough and they will react, just not in the way that you hope



Did you WATCH the video? Because it is not saying "white people" are doing this. It shows white people, women, gay people, also as recipients.


The only value of a white male to this crowd is if they are LBGTQ or in a wheelchair, or can be portrayed as an aggressor.


That impression says more about you than the video.


DP. Oh? Is there anything good about a White man in the video? At all?


Oh yes.

It's a 2 minute video that isn't about white people at all. I know you may view everything through that lens. But it wasn't about you or white people at all.


Right. It's about teaching POC people to recognize and get mad about micro-aggressions. It's not about white people at all.

This is shown to high school students? For the purpose of?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was saddened the other day when my white ES kid came home from school and I asked "what did you learn today.?" And the kid said glumly "same thing as everyday. White people are bad."


My kid is in 10th grade. White. Has never heard those lessons. They're probably listening to you and your whining, honestly.


Or, conversely, it's possible your kid has stopped sharing because they know they're going to get another lecture from you to the same effect.


Also, just b/c you don't like what someone says doesn't mean it's a "lecture." I truly feel sorry for you.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Videos like this are why we end up with so many young people now turning into arch-conservatives. They are rebelling against an establishment that pushes this SEL nonsense.


This. Tell a group that they are the problem enough and they will react, just not in the way that you hope



Did you WATCH the video? Because it is not saying "white people" are doing this. It shows white people, women, gay people, also as recipients.


The only value of a white male to this crowd is if they are LBGTQ or in a wheelchair, or can be portrayed as an aggressor.


That impression says more about you than the video.


DP. Oh? Is there anything good about a White man in the video? At all?


Oh yes.

It's a 2 minute video that isn't about white people at all. I know you may view everything through that lens. But it wasn't about you or white people at all.


Right. It's about teaching POC people to recognize and get mad about micro-aggressions. It's not about white people at all.

This is shown to high school students? For the purpose of?


Awww, are you sure you're going to be ok? Because I'm truly concerned that this is what you're taking away from this. I can't tell if it's you're just a big baby? Or truly lacking ability to comprehend the video?
Anonymous
What about when black people as me where I am from? It happens to be all.the.time. I am an Asian btw. Just based on my experience, I don’t feel this video is representative of how micro aggressions actually unfold in real life.


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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Videos like this are why we end up with so many young people now turning into arch-conservatives. They are rebelling against an establishment that pushes this SEL nonsense.


This. Tell a group that they are the problem enough and they will react, just not in the way that you hope



Did you WATCH the video? Because it is not saying "white people" are doing this. It shows white people, women, gay people, also as recipients.


The only value of a white male to this crowd is if they are LBGTQ or in a wheelchair, or can be portrayed as an aggressor.


That impression says more about you than the video.


DP. Oh? Is there anything good about a White man in the video? At all?


Oh yes.

It's a 2 minute video that isn't about white people at all. I know you may view everything through that lens. But it wasn't about you or white people at all.


That's blatant nonsense. It weirdly centered white people as the source of all "microaggressions" and promoted violence against them.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was saddened the other day when my white ES kid came home from school and I asked "what did you learn today.?" And the kid said glumly "same thing as everyday. White people are bad."


My kid is in 10th grade. White. Has never heard those lessons. They're probably listening to you and your whining, honestly.


Or, conversely, it's possible your kid has stopped sharing because they know they're going to get another lecture from you to the same effect.


Also, just b/c you don't like what someone says doesn't mean it's a "lecture." I truly feel sorry for you.


That's OK. I feel sorry for your kid and she has to live with you, which seems like an unreasonable burden for any child.
Anonymous
It is a dangerous idea to push. I think this 2019 speaks to why this is wrong. Do you not remember reading about how the Nazi's dehumanized the Jews? This pushed hatred and fear and allowed for the killing of Jews and others.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happi...-vermin-parasites-or

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:What about when black people as me where I am from? It happens to be all.the.time. I am an Asian btw. Just based on my experience, I don’t feel this video is representative of how micro aggressions actually unfold in real life.




Some of the characters did not look AA. Perhaps Indian or Asian. How should the artist have better indicated that a character was Asian?
Anonymous
Substitute any other group of people for white and it would not be allowed in schools or anywhere else. This is garage. If people feel there is a problem and they want to help solve the problem then they need to do so in a way that moves society toward good and not evil, toward unity and not decision, toward understanding and not hatred. I am offended as a black woman by this. I call it out as racist trash that I do not want my children learning.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was saddened the other day when my white ES kid came home from school and I asked "what did you learn today.?" And the kid said glumly "same thing as everyday. White people are bad."


no kid said that EVER unless he heard it from you.


DP. This is the way children reason. I've heard similar from my ES DS.
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