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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, if he -- or you -- [b]are taking it upon yourselves to define other students as "non-white" instead of as individuals with individual opinions, that's already, as you would say "problematic".[/b] It's also interesting that if, indeed, the students who are POC , without exception, are calling your son out for having a "white savior" attitude, your thought is to post anonymously on a forum that skews decidedly white and UMC to get support for this viewpoint being problematic-- instead of trying to understand and directly address the attitudes and possibly the behavior that your son's classmates brought to his attention.

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DP. You're joking, right? 
I teach and we have been getting non-stop training this year aimed at unveiling our hidden prejudice, in addition to being told that "being color-blind" and dealing with people as individuals instead of focusing on race is a form of aggression. 
So what I've been teaching my own children for almost two decades about race being a social construct that has no basis in reality and skin pigmentation coming from melanin concentration in response to UV exposure is apparently racist, or something. 
I am no longer interested in engaging on this issue and have instructed my college-aged kids to do the same. Just stay out of it to stay out of trouble.[/quote]

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