Is your MSer learning the 13 Guiding Principles of BLM?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is insane. If you object you are marked a racist. BLM is an ideology, plain and simple. MCPS’s mission should not be teaching ideology to my children. I am all for teaching children not to be racist, but not according to the tenets of BLM.

I adamantly object and I am anything but a racist. If I find out this is going on in my kids' classrooms, I will pull them out of class while these sessions are going on. It's really quite simple.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is insane. If you object you are marked a racist. BLM is an ideology, plain and simple. MCPS’s mission should not be teaching ideology to my children. I am all for teaching children not to be racist, but not according to the tenets of BLM.

I adamantly object and I am anything but a racist. If I find out this is going on in my kids' classrooms, I will pull them out of class while these sessions are going on. It's really quite simple.

Right....

Let me give you a clue - if you ever find yourself exclaiming that you aren't a racist...you are probably a racist.

Don't worry, you have plenty of company.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

What does what you posted above have to do with BLM? You do realize that people can want equality for all and not agree with BLM ideology?

You realize that you can learn about things you don’t agree with?

Seriously you guys sound exactly like people who think that every book that deals with a tough issue should come with multiple trigger warnings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is insane. If you object you are marked a racist. BLM is an ideology, plain and simple. MCPS’s mission should not be teaching ideology to my children. I am all for teaching children not to be racist, but not according to the tenets of BLM.

I adamantly object and I am anything but a racist. If I find out this is going on in my kids' classrooms, I will pull them out of class while these sessions are going on. It's really quite simple.

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This is like religious indoctrination.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

CRT is not "extremely racist." The only one who is racist is someone who would object to it by characterizing it as ""extremely racist."

Do you actually have a white robe and hood in your closet?

This is CRT in practice, right here in MPCS: https://twitter.com/marya_hay/status/1230546821346471939?s=20

"skin color is a problem that..." = racist

I think this is actually useful because white people get sooooo uptight and take it personally when people point out racism. If more white people understood these concepts, they could look at racism objectively and focus more on the problems and less on getting offended when somebody points out how lots of our institutions favor white people. (I’m white by the way)

But I know people hate hearing that their supposed colorblindness isn’t good enough so I’ll stop there.

If they were highlighting actual racism, I'd agree with you. But MCPS is about to redefine racism in Policy ACA as any difference measured by race if it disadvantages an underserved minority. That means if Asian kids score 20 points higher on a test than black kids, that will be racism. If the black kid calls the Asian kid a derogatory name for scoring better, that won't be racism. This is utter lunacy.

You’re... you’re really this stupid, aren’t you? Yikes.

When you resort to name calling you automatically concede the debate. So thank you.

DP -- hey, if the name fits, and in this case it does, she wins. You're an idiot. Take a seat.

Thank you for agreeing with me that MCPS has gone off the rails.

You're having trouble with comprehension again.

DCUM is off the rails, perhaps. But that's fairly typical.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

What does what you posted above have to do with BLM? You do realize that people can want equality for all and not agree with BLM ideology?

Which principle offends you so much, can I ask?

Restorative Justice
Empathy
Loving Engagement
Diversity
Globalism
Queer Affirming
Trans Affirming
Collective Value
Intergenerational
Black Families
Black Villages
Unapologetically Black
Black Women

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid said they spent one period doing this today in MS.

I am wondering if this is school-specific or MCPS-wide. Just looking to get more info before I approach the principal with my questions/concerns.

MCPS is going all in on CRT (critical race theory) which is extremely racist. They probably won't call it that though. Instead look for SEL (social emotional learning) and culturally responsive curriculum. And it's being done during the 8th period connect time.

Out of curiosity, what do you think critical race theory is?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Thanks, but I'm responsible for my children develop thought in these areas, not you, and not the school.

Well as an ordinary member of society I’m glad the school is stepping up because I don’t trust you to do it.

Well, they are my children, so I have the final say. And if you think I trust people like you to do it, you're out of your mind.

You really don’t have the final say if you put your kid in a public school. You can’t shield their delicate ears from hearing about some political ideologies, just like you can’t shield them from learning about multiplication.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Thanks, but I'm responsible for my children develop thought in these areas, not you, and not the school.

Well as an ordinary member of society I’m glad the school is stepping up because I don’t trust you to do it.

Well, they are my children, so I have the final say. And if you think I trust people like you to do it, you're out of your mind.

You really don’t have the final say if you put your kid in a public school. You can’t shield their delicate ears from hearing about some political ideologies, just like you can’t shield them from learning about multiplication.

Not that I owe you an explanation, but - I am very in touch with my kids' teachers. If this topic comes up as some sort of a presentation, my kids are excused and do not attend. I think my kids' teachers actually agree with me and are very responsive to requests to keep me informed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Prepare for your head to explode: I taught the 13 principles to my kindergarteners. Each class in our school adopted one of the principles to study in depth, from prek to 8th grade.

If you seriously taught kindergarteners about homosexuality and transgender issues then I really hope you get fired. And that's not even considering the political indoctrination which should also be a fireable offense.

I cannot believe what this country has come to that this is happening in our public schools.

WTAF is WRONG with you? Of course you teach children to be accepting of everyone. That includes homosexuals and transgender people. You don't fire teachers for teaching that. The very fact that you would suggest such a thing announces that you are clearly a defective person of bad character who gets absolutely NO say in what children are taught. Sit down. And shut up. Your opinions are not valid and you are not to share them anymore.

Did we ever teach or talk about any sexuality in kindergarten? No. The sex is left out until 5th grade.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

What does what you posted above have to do with BLM? You do realize that people can want equality for all and not agree with BLM ideology?

Which principle offends you so much, can I ask?

Restorative Justice
Empathy
Loving Engagement
Diversity
Globalism
Queer Affirming
Trans Affirming
Collective Value
Intergenerational
Black Families
Black Villages
Unapologetically Black
Black Women

Wow. And I thought they took down all of the offensive verbiage from their website. If you don't see the word manipulation here, and the racist undertones, I don't know what to tell you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Thanks, but I'm responsible for my children develop thought in these areas, not you, and not the school.

Well as an ordinary member of society I’m glad the school is stepping up because I don’t trust you to do it.

Well, they are my children, so I have the final say. And if you think I trust people like you to do it, you're out of your mind.

DP. You don't have the final say if you also decide to put them in public schools. For good or ill you give up the right to be the final say in your kids education when you let other people do it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

What does what you posted above have to do with BLM? You do realize that people can want equality for all and not agree with BLM ideology?

Which principle offends you so much, can I ask?

Restorative Justice
Empathy
Loving Engagement
Diversity
Globalism
Queer Affirming
Trans Affirming
Collective Value
Intergenerational
Black Families
Black Villages
Unapologetically Black
Black Women

You forgot the anti Semitic part.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Thanks, but I'm responsible for my children develop thought in these areas, not you, and not the school.

Well as an ordinary member of society I’m glad the school is stepping up because I don’t trust you to do it.

Well, they are my children, so I have the final say. And if you think I trust people like you to do it, you're out of your mind.

DP. You don't have the final say if you also decide to put them in public schools. For good or ill you give up the right to be the final say in your kids education when you let other people do it.

I'll repeat. Pull your kids out of these sessions. Yes, the teachers will let you do that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can rant at the internet all day but times are a changing folks. I posted earlier about teaching kinder students about the BLM principles and yes, we do teach them about "homosexuality and transgender" - because we have all sorts of diverse books in our class. Why wouldn't we feature books with diverse family structures? Or use wonderful books like this one to affirm all students?

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Teddy-gentle-gender-friendship/dp/1681192101

Guess what? The idea is to teach the children well so that they don't grow up to be like...you. (If "you" are one of the people posting racist/homophobic things on this website)

Thanks, but I'm responsible for my children develop thought in these areas, not you, and not the school.

Well as an ordinary member of society I’m glad the school is stepping up because I don’t trust you to do it.

Well, they are my children, so I have the final say. And if you think I trust people like you to do it, you're out of your mind.

You really don’t have the final say if you put your kid in a public school. You can’t shield their delicate ears from hearing about some political ideologies, just like you can’t shield them from learning about multiplication.

Not that I owe you an explanation, but - I am very in touch with my kids' teachers. If this topic comes up as some sort of a presentation, my kids are excused and do not attend. I think my kids' teachers actually agree with me and are very responsive to requests to keep me informed.

You sound like you are bending over backward to keep your kids uninformed. But yay for your kids’ teachers being supportive of that.

Also my daughter says she learned about the existence of transgender people from a book at the library. I promise, you cannot shield your kid from things you disagree with.