9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday

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Anonymous wrote:Do we know the race of the perpertrators? The reason for restorative justice is otherwise we are sending POC students down a path that can reinforce the school to prison pipeline.

So, if it's a white person, we should punish them but if its a POC we should tolerate the behavior just because of their skin color? RJ has harmed students, including a Jewish student who was forced into RJ and further traumatized. All students, regardless of their race, should be held accountable, especially HS students. And, their parents should be held accountable too.

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One incident was at Lakelands Park.

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Anonymous wrote:And the punishment will be restorative Justice https://twitter.com/mikemurillowtop/status/1628535013128953858?s=46&t=Fq0w2FYjJ_Tfk8xjFJWa5A

They just got reemed for not ensuring “restorative Justice” participation is voluntary and now they’re saying they want to force parents to come in and participate. Get the popcorn ready.

I'd want to be there if they forced my child through it.

They can’t force anyone to do this, the point is that it’s pointless. So much money and resources could be better utilized elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:There are white anti-semites at BCC - no need to drag the African-American population in via McKnight. I personally know an anti-semitic kid whose parents appeared to be your normal parents. Kid was privileged and not that bright. - no idea why he espoused the views but IMO he was nit punished enough by his peer/parent community because everyone was worried his future would be ruined vis-a-vis college. Another one was from an Italian diplomat family and was very pro-fascism - as is currently politically acceptable in Italy. And even before McKnight arrived - Westland had a swastika graffiti incident.

IMO, too many parents think that punishing these incidents will make more of them. I feel the reverse, making it known that if kids are caught engaging in racist or anti-semitic slurs or grafitti, it will go on their disciplinary record, will go a long way to deterrence.

The problem for MCPS remains that we live in a society where free speech is the norm and expectation and constitutionally protected. I agree that we can do better as parents to educate children and teach them to be empathetic to others, but the reality is that there’s no such thing as the speech police, despite MCPS thinking this is their new job.

I’m all for educating and teaching children to be more empathetic of others feelings, teaching children about other cultures, exposing them to various people from various backgrounds, and don’t agree with these hateful words and actions, but they have a right to say it whether I agree with them or not -assuming there’s no actual crime involved. I seriously doubt any student will care about some ding on their records over an unconstitutional MCPS policy. If I were reviewing college admissions apps I’d be more impressed by the person that stood up against the school for such anti-Constitutional policies. If a student gets something they said put in their permanent record it’s a great opportunity to write an essay about standing up for your rights.

I’ve noticed in speaking to others that they too are concerned about the overreach by the administration. Words and actions can be twisted and misinterpreted and putting so much emphasis on this clearly is escalating the situation right now, not making it go away. MCPS seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting no one from the Jewish community was involved in that discussion and it was just a bunch of fluff.

They mentioned multiple times that they are working with the ADL and JCRC.

Why weren't they at the meeting to offer support? Just seemed like a bunch of fluff and no action and her blaming the system for no discipline when she is the system.

mcknight did an event recently , last two years, with a fraternity that made America’s biggest Antisemite a member back in 2019

Who? And what act of violence did this person carry out or plan?

PP is referring to Louis Farrakhan - that the fraternity that gave McKnight the award also at some point celebrated/made Farrakhan a member.

I could not care less what she does on her personal time but she needs to step up and be a leader.

wasn’t her personal time. The Mcps tweeted about her award from them. The event was at her office

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Teacher here- never had RJ training. Mcps continues to lie about the ‘trainings’ they have provided staff. These students need to be suspended; our guidance counselor has shared that after these RJ circles, the perpetrators often do not feel remorse and are simply apologizing to get a slap on the wrist and then move on with their lives. It’s all nonsense and these students need real discipline. This is why behaviors have gotten so out of control.

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It was an official Mcps event on Mcps time https://twitter.com/mcps/status/1468689699971678210?s=46&t=y3HHtibdjP2Vq6Lj_JYCwA

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Does anyone know the white supremacist Bill White went to Mcps? He was a communist/anarchist back then but later became a neo Nazi

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Anonymous wrote:At the high school I teach at we have had one incident. The principal made an announcement but that is it.

Honestly, I think it is better to not give more attention to the issue. If we make a big deal about it, I think it would actually encourage kids to mess around more as an act of rebellion.

There is a huge lack of boundaries in school right now, so kids are doing more extreme acts in order to rebel and stand out.

Would you say it was just kids messing around if they were targeting black people or Hispanics or really any other minority?

Describing it this way really minimizes what is going on. These kids know what they’re doing.

Wondering if this attention has been somewhat counterproductive, possibly leading to increased incidents? Similar to why media doesn’t report the names of shooters, to discourage copycats from seeking fame in this way.

So should we ignore all hate crimes? Or just the ones against Jews.

Not drawing more attention than necessary is not the same as ignoring all hate crimes.

As a Jew, I’m really disturbed by your approach to this.

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Anonymous wrote:At the high school I teach at we have had one incident. The principal made an announcement but that is it.

Honestly, I think it is better to not give more attention to the issue. If we make a big deal about it, I think it would actually encourage kids to mess around more as an act of rebellion.

There is a huge lack of boundaries in school right now, so kids are doing more extreme acts in order to rebel and stand out.

Would you say it was just kids messing around if they were targeting black people or Hispanics or really any other minority?

Describing it this way really minimizes what is going on. These kids know what they’re doing.

Wondering if this attention has been somewhat counterproductive, possibly leading to increased incidents? Similar to why media doesn’t report the names of shooters, to discourage copycats from seeking fame in this way.

So should we ignore all hate crimes? Or just the ones against Jews.

Not drawing more attention than necessary is not the same as ignoring all hate crimes.

As a Jew, I’m really disturbed by your approach to this.

face it. People only care about antisemitism if it comes from the right.

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Anonymous wrote:At the high school I teach at we have had one incident. The principal made an announcement but that is it.

Honestly, I think it is better to not give more attention to the issue. If we make a big deal about it, I think it would actually encourage kids to mess around more as an act of rebellion.

There is a huge lack of boundaries in school right now, so kids are doing more extreme acts in order to rebel and stand out.

Would you say it was just kids messing around if they were targeting black people or Hispanics or really any other minority?

Describing it this way really minimizes what is going on. These kids know what they’re doing.

Wondering if this attention has been somewhat counterproductive, possibly leading to increased incidents? Similar to why media doesn’t report the names of shooters, to discourage copycats from seeking fame in this way.

So should we ignore all hate crimes? Or just the ones against Jews.

Not drawing more attention than necessary is not the same as ignoring all hate crimes.

As a Jew, I’m really disturbed by your approach to this.

face it. People only care about antisemitism if it comes from the right.

I mean, this is 100% true. I’ve been saying this for years, but for some reason people are only now starting to realize it’s true. Jews also are not accepted as a group “worthy” of advocacy within the left-wing DEI community.

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I don't think anyone has an understanding of what restorative justice even is.

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Anonymous wrote:At the high school I teach at we have had one incident. The principal made an announcement but that is it.

Honestly, I think it is better to not give more attention to the issue. If we make a big deal about it, I think it would actually encourage kids to mess around more as an act of rebellion.

There is a huge lack of boundaries in school right now, so kids are doing more extreme acts in order to rebel and stand out.

Would you say it was just kids messing around if they were targeting black people or Hispanics or really any other minority?

Describing it this way really minimizes what is going on. These kids know what they’re doing.

Wondering if this attention has been somewhat counterproductive, possibly leading to increased incidents? Similar to why media doesn’t report the names of shooters, to discourage copycats from seeking fame in this way.

So should we ignore all hate crimes? Or just the ones against Jews.

Not drawing more attention than necessary is not the same as ignoring all hate crimes.

As a Jew, I’m really disturbed by your approach to this.

face it. People only care about antisemitism if it comes from the right.

I mean, this is 100% true. I’ve been saying this for years, but for some reason people are only now starting to realize it’s true. Jews also are not accepted as a group “worthy” of advocacy within the left-wing DEI community.

I couldn’t get a single Jewish organization to care that delegate Norton honored a NOI member in congress as well as the dc council honoring him .

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Anonymous wrote:At the high school I teach at we have had one incident. The principal made an announcement but that is it.

Honestly, I think it is better to not give more attention to the issue. If we make a big deal about it, I think it would actually encourage kids to mess around more as an act of rebellion.

There is a huge lack of boundaries in school right now, so kids are doing more extreme acts in order to rebel and stand out.

Would you say it was just kids messing around if they were targeting black people or Hispanics or really any other minority?

Describing it this way really minimizes what is going on. These kids know what they’re doing.

Wondering if this attention has been somewhat counterproductive, possibly leading to increased incidents? Similar to why media doesn’t report the names of shooters, to discourage copycats from seeking fame in this way.

So should we ignore all hate crimes? Or just the ones against Jews.

Not drawing more attention than necessary is not the same as ignoring all hate crimes.

As a Jew, I’m really disturbed by your approach to this.

face it. People only care about antisemitism if it comes from the right.

I've received 3 emails from MCPS on this topic in the last two weeks and there have been at least a dozen local news stories. Tell me again about "no one cares."

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Anonymous wrote:At the high school I teach at we have had one incident. The principal made an announcement but that is it.

Honestly, I think it is better to not give more attention to the issue. If we make a big deal about it, I think it would actually encourage kids to mess around more as an act of rebellion.

There is a huge lack of boundaries in school right now, so kids are doing more extreme acts in order to rebel and stand out.

Would you say it was just kids messing around if they were targeting black people or Hispanics or really any other minority?

Describing it this way really minimizes what is going on. These kids know what they’re doing.

Wondering if this attention has been somewhat counterproductive, possibly leading to increased incidents? Similar to why media doesn’t report the names of shooters, to discourage copycats from seeking fame in this way.

So should we ignore all hate crimes? Or just the ones against Jews.

Not drawing more attention than necessary is not the same as ignoring all hate crimes.

As a Jew, I’m really disturbed by your approach to this.

face it. People only care about antisemitism if it comes from the right.

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