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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This and many other DCUM threads is [i] exactly [/i] why the anti-racism audit survey is needed. It takes a lot of privilege to complain about how much getting those emails bother you compared to other constant pieces of communication MCPS send out when 1) you can delete them and 2) there are probably people from all backgrounds who are craving the chance to speak honestly about their experiences. Look at how popular the "Black at B-CC" "Black at Whitman" accounts were - we can't support equity and diversity unless we create accountability, which was the main theme of those posts ("nothing was done to help me in that situation" or "I'm not doing well because I don't feel genuinely affirmed in this environment and I spend more time here than at home in the course of a typical week"). Think deep down about exactly [i] why [/i] those emails bother y'all and other ones don't - for once, you aren't centered, it rightly calls into question your daily experiences/habits, and for once, people who have been undermined are getting what they deserve. It is individuals with mindsets like yours who are going to hurt our county's rep - just because you're liberal or "progressive", doesn't mean you express that selectively or not support causes such as this.[/quote]

Thanks for calling this out, PP. This thread has been really embarrassing.[/quote]

I completely agree with you, and even tried to answer the survey questions, BUT they're asking me about things of which I have 0 knowledge and can't honestly answer or provide any meaningful insight. I don't personally attend MCPS and my kids are too young to provide this information. I agree racism is an issue, but I don't think this survey will do much of anything to help combat these problems.[/quote]

I see where you're coming from, but we have to start somewhere, and they're using this as a way to get on the ground perspective. It's OK to acknowledge that you have no knowledge of it, because as long as you made a solid effort, that's fine because every answer/data point helps. There's no way that MCPS can just remove mass amounts of people from the list because it grows so big, so they just follow the default. Also, re the "my kids are too young" argument, studies show that kids start having racial preferences ingrained in them from the time they're 2 years old, I believe. Parents of color have to teach their kids about racism almost from the minute they come out of the womb - they have no choice as to the timing of it. [/quote]

Parents who are not of color also need to teach their children specifically.  Humans are programmed from caveman days that different is bad, and it will pop out of a 3 year old's mouth that so-and-so is dark or brown or has different hair. This is not because parents are racist.  It is important to explain these differences in a positive light if you really want an anti-racist baby.  A lot of people who are not of color don't think to do this.  Yes, privilege.[/quote]

The simplest way to get around this is to be around a lot of people who don't look like you. I'm not sure why you're complicating it, or thinking there's some magic "of color" button that makes all people "of color" look the same to the pink skins. The term itself is offensive as hell, to be honest. It reminds me of drinking fountains and the fifties and my southern Grandma who used "colored" to describe her neighbors whose black ancestry was more recent than hers. [/quote]

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