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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm don't understand why our school is telling DS that If it wasn't for MLK he wouldn't be able to play with some of his classmates.  Isn't this topic a little too deep for that age not to mention not being true...[/quote]

I'm quoting the original post because I think people have been making some rather large assumptions about the level of "personalization" that occurred during this discussion.

I think that a teacher could say, if schools hadn't been desegregated, you all would have been in separate schools, or would not have been able to eat lunch together. That's not calling out the hypothetical "Susie" that people started using as an example. That's also not making Susie a victim now.

What it might do is make "Sally" (let's say she's white) hear her teacher, and then make the logical conclusion. "Hey, that's means I wouldn't be able to eat with my friend Susie.

It's really hard for people sometimes to get engaged in the idea of injustice when it is in the abstract. In the last few years, we've seen countless examples of right-wing politicians adjusting their beliefs on gay marriage. Why? Because they have a friend or family member that is gay.

Of course educators need to be age-appropriate, but everyone arguing against making this "personal" is wrong. [b]Making it "personal" it often the only thing that's going to make people care[/b].[/quote]

THIS +1,000,000 I still remember my 3rd grade teacher separating us by eye color. Brown eyed kids were asked to do various chores, while the blue eyed and green eyed kids were treated like royalty. The blue and green eyed kids were allowed to say mean things to us (she gave them what to say-so it didn't get too harsh.) That lesson made me cry. It moved me. I don't remember how much I understood before, but after I felt very passionate about Martin Luther King's words about judging people NOT for the color of their skin...but for the content of their character.[/quote]

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