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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Antisemitism in MCPS is real. The oppressor/oppressed narrative they cultivate is creating a culture of hate against Jews. Jews are not the "oppressors." Jews are indigenous to the land of Israel. Gaza was given to the Palestinians for peace - Look how that turned out. Rockets constantly being launched from Gaza into Israel from hospitals. People need to think critically. The school system is not producing students who think. They also clearly need to teach history better.[/quote]

Of course it is real, but so are a lot of other "-isms" that are not getting Congressional hearings right now.

It's also interesting that you pivot here immediately to the creation of the State of Israel in a conversation about the experience of American Jewish k-12 students. I'm not sure this needs to be explained, but American Jews are not responsible for the actions of the Israeli government, and it's offensive that you think they should be.

Moreover, the vast majority of those kids aren't learning about the creation of Israel at all in school, let alone from some 9th dimensional "settler colonialism" lens. Most of their time is spent on US History in the earlier grades, and then world history covering the entire history of civilization. The partition of Palestine is likely to only get a day if that, and then primarily through the lens of the British Empire.

To the extent that MCPS high schoolers are learning about current events, they are maybe overhearing/reading traditional news reporting, but they are also watching TikToks and other first-hand reporting that manages to make its way out of Gaza. Nothing to do with MCPS.

At any rate, I'm glad that Congressional Republicans are taking antisemitism seriously. Hopefully they'll also bring in the Proud Boys, and the folks blaming Holocaust survivor George Soros for the student protests. [/quote]

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