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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of judgmental people  here. Everyone is entitled to their opinions and name calling, when you disagree, is very small minded. There are plenty of people who agree with Desantis which is why he is where he is. If you took a moment to try and understand why he and others feel the way they do, maybe you can be enlightened without necessarily changing your point of view. Go ahead and call me maga, whatever that means. It’s the easy reaction when you encounter someone like me (and btw, I am not a fan of trump). So…instead of stomping around like a pissed off toddler, take a deep dive on the reasons he is proposing these changes. [b]I am not seeing any improvement in race relations, in fact, I see things getting much much worse and the common denominator is people are looking for reasons to blame minorities. [/b]It goes both ways and the more attention we call to it, the worse it gets. Most people are not hateful, we can’t forget that so we need to stop constantly trying to divide the population in the quest for bringing us together. [/quote]
First, I agree that we should focus more on academics and less on equity. I actually think that colleges should look at SES more than race if the goal is to even the playing field. I also think schools need to hold kids accountable for their behaviors. So I have my qualms with the status quo. But to blame the worsening race relations in this country to trying to learn about history is misguided at best.  Learning about all the crap your (using your in the general sense) ancestors did throughout history can a) help you understand where others are coming from/how generational trauma impacts different groups, b) see how current events tie to history, c) hopefully prevent history from repeating itself.  Here is the thing---the point of teaching this stuff isn't to make white people feel bad or to absolve members of oppressed groups from their actions.  We were learning all this stuff while getting a liberal arts education decades ago.  And it was't controversial. 
Do you know what is making race relations worse? Right wing propaganda. A failing safety net. Widening income gap. A Congress that is essentially bought by special interests groups and the rich.  Ask yourself this-who benefits from crappy race relations? Crappy class relations? From a divided society? People like DeSantis and company (on both sides of the aisle) don't want harmony between groups. Cause if Billy Bob in rural whatever can't blame the "illegals," "urban AA's," and libetards for his problems, I don't know... he might start looking at the people actually making the decisions.  And that doesn't bode well for them. [/quote]

+1 Yes, this.[/quote]

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