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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I believe in diversity and equity. The way it is pushed these days is more like a religion where other opinions are not allowed (look at the Hamline University debacle.. I am muslim and every muslim I know thinks what happens is insane). I am a person who is an admirer of Edward Said's book Orientalism as well as the People's History of the United States.[b] I am Arab so am staunchly anti-imperialist.[/b] But I think schools have gone overboard. Also there is very little critique of class. I get it - they are private schools. But it is hypocritical to be pushing all of this and ignore the class aspect.

My kids are young - Kindergarten and first grade so they haven't been exposed to a lot of this yet. But I am worried that there is some indoctrination going on.[/quote]

I admire what you said, though the bolded above is interesting to me as the Arab world has a long history of empire itself, some of which contributed greatly to the world as we know it, though problematic in implementation of course. Why do you equate Arab/staunch anti-imperialism as a given? I would say most folks these days are staunchly anti-imperialist as products of our time, not ethnicity per se. Just curious.[/quote]

Op here. Good question. But honestly too long of a discussion. Maybe some other time! But to summarize, I am specifically referring to the ongoing struggles of the Arab world against western colonialism and imperialism. As for empires in general my specific critique of western imperialism has a lot to do with conceptions of the nation state that western imperialism that brought and imposed on the rest of the world - specifically dividing ppl into different ethnicities etc. (this critique is multi layered though because some of this essentialism overlaps with certain conceptions of Arab nationalism). It is also related to critiques of modernity. That being said I agree with you - the history of empire is the history of the world and all empires have good and bad. Sorry I’m not being very eloquent. It is 11 pm after all. Perhaps I should look into this chat GPT hahaha. Also not sure what is wrong with the formatting of this oost . [/quote]

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