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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there actually some “fancy pants private school” policy or event that people want to debate about as being “too woke?” People already have claws out and hurling insults, but it’s already getting boring because there is no defined topic of debate.[/quote]

Fair point, but I actually think this thread (so far) has been less insult-hurling than might be expected. Maybe a few things were unnecessary (e.g. the FoxNews thing, the thing about Matt Yglesias, and the unnecessarily patronizing use of the word "adorable" [which I immediately regretted]). I do think identifying specific, objective things that have actually happened at a school (not just a fear that something might happen) would move the conversation forward.

OP identified the academic freedom crisis at Hamline, but that's a college situation, not a K-12. And, to be fair, most of those in the academic world (who otherwise overwhelmingly tend to support DEI) agree that the administration made a terrible decision. This was a case of an administration implementing a customer-service model of problem-solving (not upsetting the paying student-customers is the most important criterion in decision-making) rather than truly trying to implement DEI values. A student complained, and that panicked the administration, lest the school be regarded as intolerant. That's not a smart or nuanced approached to an issue of academic freedom.

What has *actually happened* at your area K-12 that has people genuinely concerned that "wokeness" has gone too far. And please no vague nonsense about making kids feel guilty about being white or whatnot. An actual, specific incident, lesson, event, or policy implementation that caused your concern. [/quote]

OP here. Your critique is valid. I'm not talking about a specific incident but the overall direction that American culture is going in. What happens in universities is relevant because it trickles down to private schools and to the culture in general. I mentioned Hamline University because it was recent. Another story I thought was crazy was some student in a university accusing a janitor of being racist and then the janitor being fired - I think it was pre covid so forgetting the exact story. The class dynamic was insane there.

[b] I don't have any specific examples over what is happening in k-12  schools[/b]  - though I do recall reading some article on Dalton in NYC? I can't find it though. It's just the general sense I have that this country is going in the wrong direction. I am thinking of pulling my kids out and just going with a regular old public school. The same BS is there too but at least its free! Plus at the very least there is less hypocrisy.[/quote]

There are none. The whole "woke" thing is over the top projection from the right to foster more divisiveness in our country.[/quote]

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