Anti-Racism Assembly Today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

Wow, maybe our next generation won’t have 20 page threads that result in every single person saying that the only acceptable schools are Wilson or Deal

Adding on: If you don’t think the majority of people have these pre conceived notions idk what to tell you. I’m so glad kids are learning this before they develop the same implicit biases as our generation

If they didn't have them already, they sure do have them now.

The identification of racist family members, written down and recorded in a workbook in their classroom for teachers and administrators to read, it particularly concerning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

To be clear: The kindergarteners got this Fist Book?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

Wow, maybe our next generation won’t have 20 page threads that result in every single person saying that the only acceptable schools are Wilson or Deal

Adding on: If you don’t think the majority of people have these pre conceived notions idk what to tell you. I’m so glad kids are learning this before they develop the same implicit biases as our generation

If they didn't have them already, they sure do have them now.

The identification of racist family members, written down and recorded in a workbook in their classroom for teachers and administrators to read, it particularly concerning.

It’s actually the opposite. They’re naming something that people are scared to admit so they can break through the biases that exist. I’m sorry (not sarcastically) that it troubles you, but how much longer should you be comfortable with the status quo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

To be clear: The kindergarteners got this Fist Book?

It actually says it was distributed to students in PK-3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

Wow, maybe our next generation won’t have 20 page threads that result in every single person saying that the only acceptable schools are Wilson or Deal

Adding on: If you don’t think the majority of people have these pre conceived notions idk what to tell you. I’m so glad kids are learning this before they develop the same implicit biases as our generation

If they didn't have them already, they sure do have them now.

The identification of racist family members, written down and recorded in a workbook in their classroom for teachers and administrators to read, it particularly concerning.

It’s actually the opposite. They’re naming something that people are scared to admit so they can break through the biases that exist. I’m sorry (not sarcastically) that it troubles you, but how much longer should you be comfortable with the status quo

Are you actually comfortable with your 6-year-old learning to "throat punch" things? You actually think that language of violence is age-appropriate?

I think it's fine for kids to learn that historically, people have been treated differently based on the color of their skin, and to do some very basic implicit bias identification. I've got no truck with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

To be clear: The kindergarteners got this Fist Book?

It actually says it was distributed to students in PK-3.

wow. That's wildly inappropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

Wow, maybe our next generation won’t have 20 page threads that result in every single person saying that the only acceptable schools are Wilson or Deal

Adding on: If you don’t think the majority of people have these pre conceived notions idk what to tell you. I’m so glad kids are learning this before they develop the same implicit biases as our generation

If they didn't have them already, they sure do have them now.

The identification of racist family members, written down and recorded in a workbook in their classroom for teachers and administrators to read, it particularly concerning.

It’s actually the opposite. They’re naming something that people are scared to admit so they can break through the biases that exist. I’m sorry (not sarcastically) that it troubles you, but how much longer should you be comfortable with the status quo

Are you actually comfortable with your 6-year-old learning to "throat punch" things? You actually think that language of violence is age-appropriate?

I think it's fine for kids to learn that historically, people have been treated differently based on the color of their skin, and to do some very basic implicit bias identification. I've got no truck with that.

Yea I don’t love the language either but I’m fine giving the benefit of the doubt to the presenter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

Wow, maybe our next generation won’t have 20 page threads that result in every single person saying that the only acceptable schools are Wilson or Deal

Adding on: If you don’t think the majority of people have these pre conceived notions idk what to tell you. I’m so glad kids are learning this before they develop the same implicit biases as our generation

If they didn't have them already, they sure do have them now.

The identification of racist family members, written down and recorded in a workbook in their classroom for teachers and administrators to read, it particularly concerning.

It’s actually the opposite. They’re naming something that people are scared to admit so they can break through the biases that exist. I’m sorry (not sarcastically) that it troubles you, but how much longer should you be comfortable with the status quo

Are you actually comfortable with your 6-year-old learning to "throat punch" things? You actually think that language of violence is age-appropriate?

I think it's fine for kids to learn that historically, people have been treated differently based on the color of their skin, and to do some very basic implicit bias identification. I've got no truck with that.

Yea I don’t love the language either but I’m fine giving the benefit of the doubt to the presenter.

I'm not. There are ways to do this that aren't this messed up. Especially when we are dealing with a post-school-closure state where kids are engaging in more acting out. What a bad choice on the part of DCPS.

[Anonymous]

to add: I think this is one of the ways that you get people rejecting anti-racism material in schools. The potential is that this would do harm to future efforts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

..."Throat punching"? "Curb stomping"? "Choking out"? Like, these are kindergarten-appropriate?

I teach my kids about racism but that is definitely not the way I would condone doing it. I'm not trying to teach violence as a method of dealing with things wrong with society.

This program preaches violence to school children - in a public school your taxes pay for.

Go ahead and try to make an adult, nuanced deflection to somehow twist this violent rhetoric into something virtuous. Then scrap it; because you can’t put enough lipstick on this disgusting indoctrination.

The violent terms here were preached to very young children. No wonder OP’s child came home traumatized.

This whole “indoctrination” was a vile perversion of a once noble idea.

Janney should apologize and atone for it by sucking with teachings directly from Dr. Martin Luther King.

[Anonymous]

IS NO ONE ELSE CONCERNED THAT THE SCHOOL IS ASKING SMALL CHILDREN TO IDENTIFY MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES WITH RACIST BELIEFS AND WRITE THEM DOWN FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES?

Not to get too paranoid here, but this feels a little Berlin-1939 to me...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

..."Throat punching"? "Curb stomping"? "Choking out"? Like, these are kindergarten-appropriate?

I teach my kids about racism but that is definitely not the way I would condone doing it. I'm not trying to teach violence as a method of dealing with things wrong with society.

This program preaches violence to school children - in a public school your taxes pay for.

Go ahead and try to make an adult, nuanced deflection to somehow twist this violent rhetoric into something virtuous. Then scrap it; because you can’t put enough lipstick on this disgusting indoctrination.

The violent terms here were preached to very young children. No wonder OP’s child came home traumatized.

This whole “indoctrination” was a vile perversion of a once noble idea.

Janney should apologize and atone for it by sucking with teachings directly from Dr. Martin Luther King.

You might want to take a deep breath. Nothing on this thread indicates violence was preached. Should we also no longer “fight” poverty or “kick” cancer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IS NO ONE ELSE CONCERNED THAT THE SCHOOL IS ASKING SMALL CHILDREN TO IDENTIFY MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES WITH RACIST BELIEFS AND WRITE THEM DOWN FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES?

Not to get too paranoid here, but this feels a little Berlin-1939 to me...

IS ANYONE ELSE CONCERNED THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO REFLECT ON THEIR OWN BELIEFS OR CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN WILL CALL THEM OUT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

..."Throat punching"? "Curb stomping"? "Choking out"? Like, these are kindergarten-appropriate?

I teach my kids about racism but that is definitely not the way I would condone doing it. I'm not trying to teach violence as a method of dealing with things wrong with society.

This program preaches violence to school children - in a public school your taxes pay for.

Go ahead and try to make an adult, nuanced deflection to somehow twist this violent rhetoric into something virtuous. Then scrap it; because you can’t put enough lipstick on this disgusting indoctrination.

The violent terms here were preached to very young children. No wonder OP’s child came home traumatized.

This whole “indoctrination” was a vile perversion of a once noble idea.

Janney should apologize and atone for it by sucking with teachings directly from Dr. Martin Luther King.

You might want to take a deep breath. Nothing on this thread indicates violence was preached. Should we also no longer “fight” poverty or “kick” cancer

Yeah, that's truly disingenuous on your part. The kids are asked to think of combating racism in purely violent terms. "Fist Book", "fight club", "throat punching", "choking out", "curb stomping"....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I just read through the kids fistbook. It asks kids to identify "Who in your family has racist beliefs?"

It also outlines some things that white people think about Black people. 1. Black people are good at sports. 2. Black people are not smart. 3. Black people are dangerous. 4. Black people cannot afford to live in your neighborhood.

Gee, I can't imagine how presenting this information to young children could backfire in any way.

The next two steps in this guy's program are (and this was in the kids version

Phase 2:
Throat Punching Racism In Schools and/or Curb
Stomping Racism In The Workplace: You can take both
courses, but only one is required to move to Phase 3.
NOTE: These courses will be available in August 2020.

Phase 3:
Choking Out Systemic Racism: This will be available in
September 2020.

..."Throat punching"? "Curb stomping"? "Choking out"? Like, these are kindergarten-appropriate?

I teach my kids about racism but that is definitely not the way I would condone doing it. I'm not trying to teach violence as a method of dealing with things wrong with society.

This program preaches violence to school children - in a public school your taxes pay for.

Go ahead and try to make an adult, nuanced deflection to somehow twist this violent rhetoric into something virtuous. Then scrap it; because you can’t put enough lipstick on this disgusting indoctrination.

The violent terms here were preached to very young children. No wonder OP’s child came home traumatized.

This whole “indoctrination” was a vile perversion of a once noble idea.

Janney should apologize and atone for it by sucking with teachings directly from Dr. Martin Luther King.

You might want to take a deep breath. Nothing on this thread indicates violence was preached. Should we also no longer “fight” poverty or “kick” cancer

Yeah, that's truly disingenuous on your part. The kids are asked to think of combating racism in purely violent terms. "Fist Book", "fight club", "throat punching", "choking out", "curb stomping"....

Sorry you are so scared