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[quote=Anonymous]GDS launched to kids in Middle and High School a “pilot” program that any kids can use to report “bias incidents”

I’m not sure how to feel about this as a parent. The message my kid got was use this form to report on other kids.

The description of what counts as a bias incident is really broad. “Micro aggressions” are encouraged to be reported - this is nuts. These are 12 to 18 year olds. Seems like the false positive rate will be high and could cause lots of issues for alleged perpetrators.

For GDS families, look on the resource page of the myGDS site under DEI.

We are a non-white family at the school - we are bought into the school and its mission.

But something about having kids report on other kids and making that reporting a sanctioned process really annoys me. Even though they warn about false reporting, this feels like going down a terrible rabbit hole fed by the cadre of consultants and staff that the school retained around DEI in the last year.

I fear this experiment will fail with some noteworthy problems that make the school climate more close-minded.

Examples of incident types and bias include but are not limited to: 
Abusive language or hate mail
Racist, sexist, xenophobic, classist, transphobic, and/or homophobic comments, jokes, and/or graffiti
Anti-semitic language and/or symbols
Written and/or verbal racial and/or ethnic slur 
Destruction of property or vandalism
Verbal and/or physical threat
Phone/email/text message/written harassment 
Intimidation
Verbal harassment (including, but not limited to, hate speech)
Discrimination
Physical harassment
Social media harassment
Microaggressions (insert link to microaggressions)
Imitating and/or mocking someone with any type of learning difference, mental illness, and/or physical disability
Imitating someone’s cultural norm or practice in a demeaning manner

Bias types include but are not limited to: 
Age
Color
Body type or physical appearance
Ethnicity
Immigration or citizenship
Disability
Sexual orientation 
Gender expression
Gender identity
Religion
Sex
Race
National origin
Veteran status 
Socioeconomic status
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