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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For everyone here who is opposed to DEI/CRT, how exactly do you want SR and other schools to tackle our nation's historic and systemic racism? What will make you and your daughters "comfortable" in discussing racism and the role it has played in our nation's justice system, housing policies, insurance offerings, transportation systems, athletic opportunities, grocery locations, health care systems, academic opportunities, farming policies, and so on? is there a level of being "uncomfortable" that you can live with?

Any time our schools and other American institutions try to discuss race and discrimination there is always push back from people who are uncomfortable. There is push back almost every time, usually by white Americans, who claim that is is not appropriate, not the right time, not the right format, not seeing things from "all sides," etc. We just went through Colin Kapernick getting assailed for taking a non-violent stance to protest police brutality by kneeling at the national anthem. When other athletes started to join him, there was tremendous opposition, especially on the political right. And remember, when MLK was assassinated a majority of Americans thought he was too radical. So there never seems to be a right time, right format, right way to discuss racism in America.

So, what would you replace the DEI effort at Sr with?

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Uncomfortable is good, I agree. Deep reflection, and self-evaluation, good. Making it a huge priority for school, good. But you've adopted a false premise that all push back is the same, and there can be no questioning of DEI methods, programming, choices, ramifications. I totally support prioritizing DEI efforts in a school, but it's completely reasonable and responsible for parents of all races, backgrounds, ideologies, to want to make sure it's constructive and helpful in terms of improving dialogue, improving understanding, improving inclusion. The segregated groups in the Stone Ridge program are perfectly appropriate subjects of concern and questioning, and I don't think it's fair to link legitimate questions about aspects of DEI programming with hostility to inclusion or racism.[/quote]

Thanks for that response. My DD was actually in one of the White Accountability groups and had no problem with it whatsoever. She said she learned from it and did not feel threatened or uncomfortable with the discussion. I wish others who are concerned about SR's DEI efforts were as measured as you, but there seems to be others who immediately leap to conflating it with CRT and claiming that liberal teachers are trying to indoctrinate their daughters.[/quote]

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