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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]lol I can't believe you idiots are actually trying to defend this book

If the book said all black people are racist

and white people can't be racist

would you tolerate that,,, no.... so how the f can you tolerate it in reverse[/quote]

OP here. I just started reading the book and to be fair the author doesn’t state this.  She does say that racism exists among all groups, however she does state that this book is specifically geared towards a white audience and is focused on white racism. The problem I have is is I don’t think the employer should require us to read (and more specifically discuss) a book that is solely focuses on white racism. Can you imagine requiring such a conversation about Asian racism, or Hispanic racism? [/quote]

I mean, if the majority of teachers were Asian or Hispanic [b]and there were multiple studies about the detrimental effects of their racism/implicit bias on educational outcomes for their students then yes? [/b]
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But what if someone doesn’t agree that most white teachers have such a degree of implicit bias that it is detrimentally effecting their students of color?  If we say that are we going to be chastised for not recognizing our racism?  Don’t you see that this is a topic that a white teacher simply can’t disagree with without possibly jeopardizing their career? [/quote]

What would you base it on, though?  This isn't just a question of white people spitballing about whether they agree or disagree.  When both the research and the experience of students of color suggest that the problem is widespread, you really think it's inappropriate that people might judge you for saying, "Well, I personally have never noticed a problem, so clearly there isn't one?"[/quote]

If you've seen the messiness of research, you're less likely to think that "the research says x" is a compelling answer to all but a handful of issues in the social or behavioral sciences. Implicit bias in the popular media got way ahead of what the research could back up, and other areas related to these topics, like stereotype threat, just didn't replicate. Contrast this to stereotype accuracy, which is one of the most replicable findings in this area, and it's clear that the lefty "oh but the research says x" crowd in this area is not actually interested in the research. [/quote]

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