Reply to Teacher told kids on zoom class to write about their white privilege

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Teacher told kids on zoom class to write about their white privilege"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t want to say much because I think I know this school and teacher because I used to work there. The school has made it a priority to teach a lot of super privileged kids that they are privileged. I don’t disagree. People who are really hurt or offended by this should ask themselves why they are. I suspect it is because they believe firmly that they deserve everything they have, and no luck was involved.[/quote]

That is not the schools job and that is on the parents.

[b]I am offended as we have zero privilege based off our skin color. [/b]

My kid is has had some very horrible things happen and nothing most people could understand so having him pretend he has this great privileged and forcing him to agree when he doesn't makes no sense.  [/quote]

Holy crap.  I can't believe this many delusional, one-assumes-educated people send their children to private school.

You don't know what "white privilege" is if you think you have zero.  Hint:  It does not include being handed anything by virtue of being white.  It does not mean being issued the keys to a McMansion or a Lamborghini becaus you are white.

I would say educate yourself on what white privilege is, because clearly you have no idea, but since this post makes it abundantly clear that you're either a Drumpf voter or a "libertarian," I would be wasting my keystrokes.

[/quote]

You need to educate yourself on what privilege is.  Its surely not the poor kids living in Appalachia who are white.[/quote]

NP: "Privilege" is a broad term that can be applied to a multitude of circumstances. Wealth and beauty have their privileges; education has its privileges, heritage has its privileges, VIP passes have attached privileges, age has its privileges, citizenship has it privileges, and so on. Each of those things can also carry with them disadvantages, and having them doesn't not always mean you enjoy the benefits. Cinderella certainly did not feel that beauty was was a privilege at the beginning of her tale because it made her the object of jealousy, scorn and abuse; but it would have been silly of her to try to argue that her individual circumstance meant that the privilege of beauty did not exist at all.

You do need to educate yourself on what "white privilege" is because your argument makes you look ignorant. "White privilege" means something very, very different from the kind of "privilege" you are referencing when you say poor kids in Appalachia are not privileged. "White privilege" doesn't mean "all white people enjoy the privileges of safety, wealth, education, and health." It does not mean all white people enjoy all the advantages in this world. Everyone knows they don't. That fact is not relevant to the discussion of "white privilege." Why? Because that is not what "white privilege" means. Do some open minded research and learn what people actually are talking about if you want to enter the argument, because you are failing in your uninformed attempt at this time.
[/quote]

The term white privilege is offensive and not appropriate.  If we used the term black privilege it would be racist.  Just because you are white in this country, it does not give you privilege and those saying it does are very racist and this is why we have the divide we do.

Wealth is a privilege.  Living in a 2 million dollar house is a privilege.  Going to private school full pay is a privilege.  Going to $100 a plate restaurants is a privilege.  Going to Europe or vacation yearly is a privilege.  Skin color is not.[/quote]

If you don’t think being white confers advantages in this country, you are clearly a white Christian who has been living under a rock for the past 400 years. [/quote]

I am absolutely NOT a Christian and stop living in the past to justify your racism and hate.  400 years ago was a very different world and culture.  None of us living had anything to do with that.  There are many horrible things going on in the world and country now that are far more impacting but that doesn't matter to you.

White has very little advantage anymore.  Time to let go of the past and live in the present.  You are the reason why our country is so divided and making white people hate themselves because of something they did not choose and cannot change is wrong.  You are teaching your kids to hate.  That is racism.

And, what about those white Christians in places like Appalachia.  What privilege to they have living in shacks worrying about where their next meal is coming from?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics