The audacity of caucasity on this post!

"White affinity group" is a very commonly used term nationally, both in educational and employment settings. The outrage here suggests you all either don't read, don't care to be better, and/or do exactly what such a group would challenge you to stop doing.

As several have pointed out, public institutions use resources to support marginalized/underrepresented groups all. the. time. Is the problem here that whiteness is not being centered and exhalted? Because that's how the bulk of you sound.

Also, stop saying 'woke.'

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, SWS sounds really toxic. Instead of all this segregation, why not just have ONE culture club where everyone can learn from one another?

They don't want a discussion. They want to preach the gospel according to whatever woke prophet designed the groups. Dissenting opinions are by their very nature "racist".

And who is pushing for this? What do regular parents on the ground think?

The principal, a couple staff members who make everything about race, and the current LSAT parent leadership are pushing it.

Regular parents on the ground have varied opinions but I get the sense that many think it’s stupid.

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I don't hate this. I feel like it's good to have conversations about race. I remember, I was on a committee at a day care where 99% of the staff were black and 99% of the families were white and relatively rich. It felt awkward to notice the fact. It was an excellent day care and the staff were amazing and loved, but I found out in meetings that staff were often offended and hurt by things parents and children did, and it was heartbreaking to hear. Some instances could have been cultural differences but others were racism. Gotta stop denying racism and open your ears and minds. No point in people being hurt because you stayed ignorant and defensive.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, SWS sounds really toxic. Instead of all this segregation, why not just have ONE culture club where everyone can learn from one another?

They don't want a discussion. They want to preach the gospel according to whatever woke prophet designed the groups. Dissenting opinions are by their very nature "racist".

And who is pushing for this? What do regular parents on the ground think?

The principal, a couple staff members who make everything about race, and the current LSAT parent leadership are pushing it.

Regular parents on the ground have varied opinions but I get the sense that many think it’s stupid.

Isn't it illegal for the government (i.e., a public school like SWS) to divide up people by race?

Ridiculous

Former SWS parent here. Regular parents know better than to speak up. We spoke up about various things for a couple years in pk/k. It went nowhere and I wasted a lot of time in unproductive conversations with vapid parents who seemed to be in place to circle the principal’s wagons. I stopped speaking up for the next few years while we quietly found somewhere else to go. And somewhere else, btw, was a totally normal place with normal kids and normal teachers who prioritize normal things where the kids are happy and excelling academically.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, SWS sounds really toxic. Instead of all this segregation, why not just have ONE culture club where everyone can learn from one another?

They don't want a discussion. They want to preach the gospel according to whatever woke prophet designed the groups. Dissenting opinions are by their very nature "racist".

And who is pushing for this? What do regular parents on the ground think?

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, SWS sounds really toxic. Instead of all this segregation, why not just have ONE culture club where everyone can learn from one another?

They don't want a discussion. They want to preach the gospel according to whatever woke prophet designed the groups. Dissenting opinions are by their very nature "racist".

Seriously, SWS sounds really toxic. Instead of all this segregation, why not just have ONE culture club where everyone can learn from one another?

Everyone in DC is a lefty and yet some people here have somehow convinced themselves that they are in daily battle with the KKK

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Anonymous wrote:This is an outrage.

SWS needs a Cisgender Affinity Group, which will allow the cisgendered to expiate their guilt and apologize for misgendering the transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, agender, pangender, bigender, two-spirit, and other non-cisgender identities as well as those who might be questioning their gender identity.

+1

lol + 1000

Anonymous wrote:Where is the group for people who want to gather to figure out how to cut back some of the anti-racism initiatives we feel have gone overboard?

No need. The fools creating and publicizing initiatives like the one at SWW will alienate enough reasonable folks who might have been willing to engage that it will all come crashing down.

Anonymous wrote:Where is the group for people who want to gather to figure out how to cut back some of the anti-racism initiatives we feel have gone overboard?

That is the "Race-Based Affinity Groups Have Gone to Far" Affinity Group.

Coming soon!

Anonymous wrote:This is an outrage.

SWS needs a Cisgender Affinity Group, which will allow the cisgendered to expiate their guilt and apologize for misgendering the transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, agender, pangender, bigender, two-spirit, and other non-cisgender identities as well as those who might be questioning their gender identity.

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