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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So far white parents are guilty of considering their own children's needs first.

I do think the fundraising situation with the French immersion program was shady.[/quote]

This maybe the dumbest comment ever.  Who doesn’t think of their child first...in everything?? I don’t know of a parent who doesn’t have their child’s well being at the top of mind....black, white, red, yellow, green....ya know...everything doesn’t have to be about race.[/quote]

The problem isn't in parents prioritizing the needs of their own children. It's in parents or actively encouraging social systems that don't give all parents the same authority and power to do the same.[/quote]

This is exactly the issue.  We are "white," but Jewish.  I can't stand the thought of the Trumper nutjobs in my neighborhood, with their fake Christianity, pushing their own views in our school.  They hate everyone who isn't a racist evangelical like them, including democrats and Jews, Muslims, anyone.  This is the "white" that I, as a white person, am much more afraid of than any person of color when it comes to who is going to have power and authority.[/quote]

I bet you probably want to push your views onto people who disagree with you, in the name of progressivity and equity and whatever? So you're just the pot calling the kettle black.

I do think it is natural for all parents to take a strong interest in their children's education. What we have seen in the past year was effectively a progressive side trying to gaslight a more conservative reaction for having the wrong views and calling it racist and bigoted if someone disagreed with them.

I must admit that the people who are most obsessed with race and calling other people racists are.... progressive white people. If they are so consumed by racism maybe it's a reflection of their inner secret selves, they are the real racists. It makes sense, it's the elite progressives who are the first to flee for private schools or for rich school districts in the name of their children's education and the first to move if a local school seems to decline in quality. They are also the ones who project, to a remarkable degree, what the correct views should be onto nonwhites. They rant about white supremacy and colonialism and then turn around and tell non whites that they can't be anything but progressive liberals in their outlook and voting habits, and throw tamper tantrums when non whites vote for the Republicans or run for office as Republicans. They are the ones who make up terms like Latinx and impose it on Spanish speakers who have absolutely no history of the term for it is linguistically impossible in Spanish.

It really is astonishing, isn't it?
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I'm black. I won't venture to psychoanalyze white progressives, but I often cringe at how cavalierly they make reference to white (male) privilege, systematic racism, etc. Don't get me wrong, I think white supremacy, anti-blackness, etc. are real things that need to be confronted, but some of it seems a bit performative and just makes me feel uncomfortable in mixed company.  Do white people talk like this when they are alone?

At any rate, sometimes it can be easier to be around black people [i]precisely[/i] because so much just doesn't have to be said...if you know what I mean.[/quote]
It's even worse when you're (black people) not around.  Progressives talk about black people as if you were pets.  It's disgusting.  I'm all for helping poor people across the board.  If that ends up helping one race over another a bit more then so be it.[/quote]

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