Georgia State Board of Education bans discussion of racism and white supremacy from all classrooms

[Anonymous]

For those who say living in a LCOL red state is the 'same' because 'oh, our neighbors are blue'.

Yeah...no, its not. Systematic oppression inclusive of tactics to repress learning of history and cultural assimilation in education on top of restricting voting rights are just two of the things that are now law in Georgia.

That's on top of the 'Heartbeat Bill' passed to ban abortions after six weeks anywhere in the state.

[Anonymous]

Fun times in the South

[Anonymous]

did you read the legislation? It didn't say anything about banning discussions on race. it just establishes guidelines to discourage calling white kids oppressors and privileged. I agree 100%. it's gone too far. my super quiet DD has to deal with black kids calling her and other kids racist for no reason except that she is white.
teach history and leave the blame out of it. it is causing as many problems as religion in schools was said to cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:did you read the legislation? It didn't say anything about banning discussions on race. it just establishes guidelines to discourage calling white kids oppressors and privileged. I agree 100%. it's gone too far. my super quiet DD has to deal with black kids calling her and other kids racist for no reason except that she is white.
teach history and leave the blame out of it. it is causing as many problems as religion in schools was said to cause.

The intention is to suppress conversations about racism. Even as written, it makes no sense because point 1) is obviously in contradiction to point 4), so there's no way to implement this logically at all.

[Anonymous]

Most of this is exemplary of what would have been considered anti-racist 5 or 10 or 20 years ago.

It bothers the CRT proponents because it's an impediment to holding certain groups back in order to favor others in educational settings, or expressly advocating in the public schools for the confiscation of private wealth and redistribution of societal resources to benefit Black and Hispanic people. It won't prevent anyone from teaching about slavery or past racism as part of the nation's history.

[Anonymous]

eh eh , but when the history curriculum was depicting plantations like nice places where benevolent owners were running the place with a smile and the slaves were happily living there with their families, singing and all, Gone With The Wind's style, that was OK. Georgia was one of the states with the highest number of lynchings , they really really really don't want to face reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of this is exemplary of what would have been considered anti-racist 5 or 10 or 20 years ago.

It bothers the CRT proponents because it's an impediment to holding certain groups back in order to favor others in educational settings, or expressly advocating in the public schools for the confiscation of private wealth and redistribution of societal resources to benefit Black and Hispanic people. It won't prevent anyone from teaching about slavery or past racism as part of the nation's history.

Actually it bothers me because it enshrines in state law a particular, ideological, view of American history and forbids teaching children the full range of perspectives on that history.

[Anonymous]

I really feel like this country is on the precipice of slipping back into Jim Crow. My parents are Boomers and they told me a number of their long-time friends and colleagues have absolutely become radicalized by what they are reading on Facebook and seeing on Fox News. To the point where these people are OK expressing that they think certain populations - based on race - shouldn't be allowed to vote. And, of course, they get offended when my parents say "Hey, that's racist."

The seed has been planted and it's germinating.

This country is about to go through some things and it won't be pleasant.

-White Guy

[Anonymous]

Huh. They clearly got legal counsel to make the bill as neutral as possible to withstand a 1st Amendment challenge. I think the problem is that it’s going to be interepreted to mean that racism can’t be discussed at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:did you read the legislation? It didn't say anything about banning discussions on race. it just establishes guidelines to discourage calling white kids oppressors and privileged. I agree 100%. it's gone too far. my super quiet DD has to deal with black kids calling her and other kids racist for no reason except that she is white.
teach history and leave the blame out of it. it is causing as many problems as religion in schools was said to cause.

The intention is to suppress conversations about racism. Even as written, it makes no sense because point 1) is obviously in contradiction to point 4), so there's no way to implement this logically at all.

I agree with this. How are you supposed to teach about things like current race-based disparities?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of this is exemplary of what would have been considered anti-racist 5 or 10 or 20 years ago.

It bothers the CRT proponents because it's an impediment to holding certain groups back in order to favor others in educational settings, or expressly advocating in the public schools for the confiscation of private wealth and redistribution of societal resources to benefit Black and Hispanic people. It won't prevent anyone from teaching about slavery or past racism as part of the nation's history.

but it bans discussions of current racism, right?

[Anonymous]

CRT is a lie which does not belong in any classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:did you read the legislation? It didn't say anything about banning discussions on race. it just establishes guidelines to discourage calling white kids oppressors and privileged. I agree 100%. it's gone too far. my super quiet DD has to deal with black kids calling her and other kids racist for no reason except that she is white.
teach history and leave the blame out of it. it is causing as many problems as religion in schools was said to cause.

The intention is to suppress conversations about racism. Even as written, it makes no sense because point 1) is obviously in contradiction to point 4), so there's no way to implement this logically at all.

I agree with this. How are you supposed to teach about things like current race-based disparities?

Do you feel the same about teaching religion classes in public schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CRT is a lie which does not belong in any classroom.

I wonder if you have the same thoughts on Creationism in the classroom. I'm guessing not.

Christians will allow a lot of things in the classroom, but an accurate portrayal of racial subjugation? Not a chance.

[Anonymous]

The policy would ban the discussion of any current events in the classroom.

Wtf? This is some North Korean crap.