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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When confronted with numerous and consistent accounts from numerous individuals spanning a fairly long period of time, however, the reality that there may be a few posts that contain factual inaccuracies--which should be recognized as such--does not negate the overall FACT that emerges from the sum of these accounts, namely, that numerous students of color, in schools across the country, often feel unwelcome, discriminated against, or mistreated. Again, we can and should debate all the hard questions that arise from that fact, but it should be the priority of all schools to facilitate and engage in the difficult discussions and work required to address that broader reality. 
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Other than one or two inflammatory people, I don't think anyone is debating any of these points. What all of these accounts show is that there's a societal problem of POC experiencing frequent microaggressions and, far less frequently, more overt racism. The issue isn't limited to any school, or any type of school (the public school accounts relay stories that are equally compelling) - it's also not limited to schools. You find the same type of testimony in almost all large organizations.

What I've found having these types of discussions in the context of my employer, and how white people tend to reach to them, is that people tend to be more responsive when you focus on generally educating them on these matters, rather than trying to personalize it toward them or their organization. For example, if you go to a community and say "I'm want to talk about how this community is racist," you get a lot more pushback than if you say "I want to talk about how societal racism affects me as a member of and within the context of this community." The goal should be to help people understand their own conscious and unconscious biases, not to attack them as irredeemable racists.[/quote]

Nothing about pp’s posts said anyone was irredeemable. If anything, everyone here has just been asking that we talk about this in an honest way[/quote]

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