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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am genuinely shocked about people referring to a melting pot.

I am OLD and even I remember waaaay back in the 80s talking about how the US isn't a melting pot - that was an antiquated and stupid analogy.  Instead, we could think of the US as a salad bowl, where every piece retains it's own unique flavors and comes together as one better whole.

I've also read through most of nine pages and have yet to understand exactly what the OP is worried about or what she considers "woke".  I get she doesn't like Kendi.  OK, fair enough.  Reasonable people can disagree about any specific person or idea.  But not sure where the lead comes from there to some larger "wokeness" she's concerned about.[/quote]

I gave a specific example here. I am not dying of worry. If I were I wouldn't be posting on DCUM. I am just generally concerned over the direction that some schools are taking (though they are just a reflection of the country in general). I shared an article by Matt Yglesias (who by the way I have many issues with but that's for another day) that wasn't alarmist or anything but made a couple of good points and that I generally agreed with. If you read my response in 01/18/2023 15:28 (for some reason the quotes are hidden) you will get what I'm complaining about. Again I'm not dying of worry. Just coming here in the hope of sparking an interesting discussion and the discussion is definitely interesting! So thanks all for participating. [/quote]

DP. I looked back and your post didn’t actually come through unless you click on the quote. Well I have to say that the one specific concern you mentioned an actually seems… pretty minor, especially if you believe as you say that such concepts are real. You would really pull your kids out of their school for this? Sorry I can’t be more sympathetic. It’s just that my DD has faced actual racial bullying (I am the poster moving from public to private) and I would certainly welcome a little more wokeness in her environment. I also would urge you to reconsider whether you are really that much of an outsider as you are imagining. Again, it’s easy to imagine everyone is either a maga fool or rushing to defund police based on media impressions. But I have found actual fellow liberal parents (and even conservative parents 😉) are much more reasonable and moderate than the picture often painted.[/quote]

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