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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know that the story is real — I need people to stop posting things from daily wire and daily mail and others. Regarding “privilege” — I know that military families are vaunted and valued in American society. There is a military families recognition (day, week— I am not sure). There are special offers and discounts for military families at venues and for products. There are scholarship and college admission benefits. I don’t see that treatment for police offer families or firefighter families.

Someone asked for FCPS response:

There is a quote from FCPS here:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fairfax-schools-tell-children-of-military-members-that-they-have-privilege

Just because you don't like the source, does not make it a false story.
It ought to teach you that there IS a double standard in MSM reporting. The bias is shown in what they choose not to report. This is a real story. And, this is why people turn to conservative media--otherwise you only get one side of the story.

I read WAPO cover to cover every day--not so much the sports page. WAPO has reported nothing about the troubling--and racist--texts between Pekarsky and Omeish. That is just one example--but, had Schultz made racist statements as they did, it certainly would have been reported. That is why I read conservative media. You need to broaden your sources.

We don’t like the source because it’s not reliable and has a crazy bias.

Straight up propaganda.

Hard pass.

Is there anything factually incorrect in that link from the daily wire or sensationalistic asides from the link at the bottom of the screen?

It's mostly the same quotes readily found from other politicians or FCPS employees.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up on food stamps, donated clothes, and remember only getting name brand foods when the Lions Club gave us groceries during the holidays. Half the items on that bingo card applied to my childhood. But because I'm white I'm privileged? Maybe I can claim being racially profiled now too.

This crap right here is how republicans still win anything.

It’s not all or nothing. Most people experience a mix of different factors. I had probably 2/3rd of the boxes.

It’s also not saying that privilege is universally true. No one has said all white people have it super easy.

In general, it’s easier to be white.
In general, it’s easier to be rich.
In general, it’s easier to be able-bodied.

That’s what “privilege” is.

And no one EVER knew the bolded before people wrote articles and books and fcps paid for bingo games to teach that, so they’ve really got bragging rights for educational effectiveness here.

If you have taken the time to read through the thread, there are a lot of people who do not know the bolded.

So? Why is it necessary for people to know the bolded?

Understanding different perspectives can help us understand different characters in books.

There are many ways to teach perspectives without stooping to "privilege." This is a lame response.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know that the story is real — I need people to stop posting things from daily wire and daily mail and others. Regarding “privilege” — I know that military families are vaunted and valued in American society. There is a military families recognition (day, week— I am not sure). There are special offers and discounts for military families at venues and for products. There are scholarship and college admission benefits. I don’t see that treatment for police offer families or firefighter families.

Someone asked for FCPS response:

There is a quote from FCPS here:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fairfax-schools-tell-children-of-military-members-that-they-have-privilege

Just because you don't like the source, does not make it a false story.
It ought to teach you that there IS a double standard in MSM reporting. The bias is shown in what they choose not to report. This is a real story. And, this is why people turn to conservative media--otherwise you only get one side of the story.

I read WAPO cover to cover every day--not so much the sports page. WAPO has reported nothing about the troubling--and racist--texts between Pekarsky and Omeish. That is just one example--but, had Schultz made racist statements as they did, it certainly would have been reported. That is why I read conservative media. You need to broaden your sources.

Tyson's statement said it was an "approved FCPS English curriculum lesson." That means that it was not developed by a teacher, but by the Instructional Services Dept. I don't know who leads the English Dept., but Noel Klimenko leads Instructional Services. Somebody in Instructional Services, or a teacher hired by IS created this.

When I saw Privilege Bingo, I thought it was designed for elementary school kids. The idea that someone at Gatehouse would foist this nonsense on high school English teachers, when they could be assigning books to students that would teach them about empathy in a more nuanced way, is seriously depressing.

I agree 100%.

I posted upthread about this very thing.

This is what Gatehouse thinks is at the intellectual and academic level of our 15 and 16 year olds???

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up on food stamps, donated clothes, and remember only getting name brand foods when the Lions Club gave us groceries during the holidays. Half the items on that bingo card applied to my childhood. But because I'm white I'm privileged? Maybe I can claim being racially profiled now too.

This crap right here is how republicans still win anything.

It’s not all or nothing. Most people experience a mix of different factors. I had probably 2/3rd of the boxes.

It’s also not saying that privilege is universally true. No one has said all white people have it super easy.

In general, it’s easier to be white.
In general, it’s easier to be rich.
In general, it’s easier to be able-bodied.

That’s what “privilege” is.

And no one EVER knew the bolded before people wrote articles and books and fcps paid for bingo games to teach that, so they’ve really got bragging rights for educational effectiveness here.

If you have taken the time to read through the thread, there are a lot of people who do not know the bolded.

Nonsense. No one believes life in a wheelchair etc wouldn’t be harder.

What people are rejecting is the dismissive hand waving that implies life is was and always will be easy because they aren’t missing a hand, are white and grew up with regular meals and maybe a yearly vacation.

Just because you aren't able to think critically doesn't mean that we can discount these lessons. Nobody has said that life is automatically perfect. It's saying (again, in GENERAL) you have a head start if you grow up white in America. There will always be outliers, there will always be individuals for whom this isn't true, but in general it is true that life will be a lot easier for you if you are a white person.
Some of you are so afraid of opening your eyes, I'm so glad this is being taught in schools bc this thread has shown that parents would be teaching an ugly lesson in shame and martyrdom

DP, but it's hilarious that you'd accuse PP of an inability to think "critically" when FCPS is foisting this crude agit-prop about privilege on high-school students in the most ham-handed manner imaginable.

This isn't opening anyone's eyes for the first time. You need to get out more and stop existing purely within your bubble of educrats, many of whom have hopped on board the equity bandwagon because it gets them off the hook for actually educating kids or reducing achievement gaps.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up on food stamps, donated clothes, and remember only getting name brand foods when the Lions Club gave us groceries during the holidays. Half the items on that bingo card applied to my childhood. But because I'm white I'm privileged? Maybe I can claim being racially profiled now too.

This crap right here is how republicans still win anything.

It’s not all or nothing. Most people experience a mix of different factors. I had probably 2/3rd of the boxes.

It’s also not saying that privilege is universally true. No one has said all white people have it super easy.

In general, it’s easier to be white.
In general, it’s easier to be rich.
In general, it’s easier to be able-bodied.

That’s what “privilege” is.

And no one EVER knew the bolded before people wrote articles and books and fcps paid for bingo games to teach that, so they’ve really got bragging rights for educational effectiveness here.

If you have taken the time to read through the thread, there are a lot of people who do not know the bolded.

Nonsense. No one believes life in a wheelchair etc wouldn’t be harder.

What people are rejecting is the dismissive hand waving that implies life is was and always will be easy because they aren’t missing a hand, are white and grew up with regular meals and maybe a yearly vacation.

Just because you aren't able to think critically doesn't mean that we can discount these lessons. Nobody has said that life is automatically perfect. It's saying (again, in GENERAL) you have a head start if you grow up white in America. There will always be outliers, there will always be individuals for whom this isn't true, but in general it is true that life will be a lot easier for you if you are a white person.
Some of you are so afraid of opening your eyes, I'm so glad this is being taught in schools bc this thread has shown that parents would be teaching an ugly lesson in shame and martyrdom

DP, but it's hilarious that you'd accuse PP of an inability to think "critically" when FCPS is foisting this crude agit-prop about privilege on high-school students in the most ham-handed manner imaginable.

This isn't opening anyone's eyes for the first time. You need to get out more and stop existing purely within your bubble of educrats, many of whom have hopped on board the equity bandwagon because it gets them off the hook for actually educating kids or reducing achievement gaps.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up on food stamps, donated clothes, and remember only getting name brand foods when the Lions Club gave us groceries during the holidays. Half the items on that bingo card applied to my childhood. But because I'm white I'm privileged? Maybe I can claim being racially profiled now too.

This crap right here is how republicans still win anything.

It’s not all or nothing. Most people experience a mix of different factors. I had probably 2/3rd of the boxes.

It’s also not saying that privilege is universally true. No one has said all white people have it super easy.

In general, it’s easier to be white.
In general, it’s easier to be rich.
In general, it’s easier to be able-bodied.

That’s what “privilege” is.

And no one EVER knew the bolded before people wrote articles and books and fcps paid for bingo games to teach that, so they’ve really got bragging rights for educational effectiveness here.

If you have taken the time to read through the thread, there are a lot of people who do not know the bolded.

Nonsense. No one believes life in a wheelchair etc wouldn’t be harder.

What people are rejecting is the dismissive hand waving that implies life is was and always will be easy because they aren’t missing a hand, are white and grew up with regular meals and maybe a yearly vacation.

Just because you aren't able to think critically doesn't mean that we can discount these lessons. Nobody has said that life is automatically perfect. It's saying (again, in GENERAL) you have a head start if you grow up white in America. There will always be outliers, there will always be individuals for whom this isn't true, but in general it is true that life will be a lot easier for you if you are a white person.
Some of you are so afraid of opening your eyes, I'm so glad this is being taught in schools bc this thread has shown that parents would be teaching an ugly lesson in shame and martyrdom

Head start over whom?

In terms of education, income/wealth, prison sentencing, health outcomes, 2 parent marriages etc, whites don't have a head start. Other groups do better.

Anonymous wrote:Do we know if the instructions were for the kids to fill it out for themselves?

Or did they fill it out for characters they are reading about in a book?

Anyone find the detailed instructions yet?

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up on food stamps, donated clothes, and remember only getting name brand foods when the Lions Club gave us groceries during the holidays. Half the items on that bingo card applied to my childhood. But because I'm white I'm privileged? Maybe I can claim being racially profiled now too.

This crap right here is how republicans still win anything.

It’s not all or nothing. Most people experience a mix of different factors. I had probably 2/3rd of the boxes.

It’s also not saying that privilege is universally true. No one has said all white people have it super easy.

In general, it’s easier to be white.
In general, it’s easier to be rich.
In general, it’s easier to be able-bodied.

That’s what “privilege” is.

And no one EVER knew the bolded before people wrote articles and books and fcps paid for bingo games to teach that, so they’ve really got bragging rights for educational effectiveness here.

If you have taken the time to read through the thread, there are a lot of people who do not know the bolded.

Nonsense. No one believes life in a wheelchair etc wouldn’t be harder.

What people are rejecting is the dismissive hand waving that implies life is was and always will be easy because they aren’t missing a hand, are white and grew up with regular meals and maybe a yearly vacation.

Just because you aren't able to think critically doesn't mean that we can discount these lessons. Nobody has said that life is automatically perfect. It's saying (again, in GENERAL) you have a head start if you grow up white in America. There will always be outliers, there will always be individuals for whom this isn't true, but in general it is true that life will be a lot easier for you if you are a white person.
Some of you are so afraid of opening your eyes, I'm so glad this is being taught in schools bc this thread has shown that parents would be teaching an ugly lesson in shame and martyrdom

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up on food stamps, donated clothes, and remember only getting name brand foods when the Lions Club gave us groceries during the holidays. Half the items on that bingo card applied to my childhood. But because I'm white I'm privileged? Maybe I can claim being racially profiled now too.

This crap right here is how republicans still win anything.

It’s not all or nothing. Most people experience a mix of different factors. I had probably 2/3rd of the boxes.

It’s also not saying that privilege is universally true. No one has said all white people have it super easy.

In general, it’s easier to be white.
In general, it’s easier to be rich.
In general, it’s easier to be able-bodied.

That’s what “privilege” is.

And no one EVER knew the bolded before people wrote articles and books and fcps paid for bingo games to teach that, so they’ve really got bragging rights for educational effectiveness here.

If you have taken the time to read through the thread, there are a lot of people who do not know the bolded.

Nonsense. No one believes life in a wheelchair etc wouldn’t be harder.

What people are rejecting is the dismissive hand waving that implies life is was and always will be easy because they aren’t missing a hand, are white and grew up with regular meals and maybe a yearly vacation.

Just because you aren't able to think critically doesn't mean that we can discount these lessons. Nobody has said that life is automatically perfect. It's saying (again, in GENERAL) you have a head start if you grow up white in America. There will always be outliers, there will always be individuals for whom this isn't true, but in general it is true that life will be a lot easier for you if you are a white person.
Some of you are so afraid of opening your eyes, I'm so glad this is being taught in schools bc this thread has shown that parents would be teaching an ugly lesson in shame and martyrdom

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up on food stamps, donated clothes, and remember only getting name brand foods when the Lions Club gave us groceries during the holidays. Half the items on that bingo card applied to my childhood. But because I'm white I'm privileged? Maybe I can claim being racially profiled now too.

This crap right here is how republicans still win anything.

It’s not all or nothing. Most people experience a mix of different factors. I had probably 2/3rd of the boxes.

It’s also not saying that privilege is universally true. No one has said all white people have it super easy.

In general, it’s easier to be white.
In general, it’s easier to be rich.
In general, it’s easier to be able-bodied.

That’s what “privilege” is.

And no one EVER knew the bolded before people wrote articles and books and fcps paid for bingo games to teach that, so they’ve really got bragging rights for educational effectiveness here.

If you have taken the time to read through the thread, there are a lot of people who do not know the bolded.

Nonsense. No one believes life in a wheelchair etc wouldn’t be harder.

What people are rejecting is the dismissive hand waving that implies life is was and always will be easy because they aren’t missing a hand, are white and grew up with regular meals and maybe a yearly vacation.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know that the story is real — I need people to stop posting things from daily wire and daily mail and others. Regarding “privilege” — I know that military families are vaunted and valued in American society. There is a military families recognition (day, week— I am not sure). There are special offers and discounts for military families at venues and for products. There are scholarship and college admission benefits. I don’t see that treatment for police offer families or firefighter families.

Someone asked for FCPS response:

There is a quote from FCPS here:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fairfax-schools-tell-children-of-military-members-that-they-have-privilege

Just because you don't like the source, does not make it a false story.
It ought to teach you that there IS a double standard in MSM reporting. The bias is shown in what they choose not to report. This is a real story. And, this is why people turn to conservative media--otherwise you only get one side of the story.

I read WAPO cover to cover every day--not so much the sports page. WAPO has reported nothing about the troubling--and racist--texts between Pekarsky and Omeish. That is just one example--but, had Schultz made racist statements as they did, it certainly would have been reported. That is why I read conservative media. You need to broaden your sources.

Tyson's statement said it was an "approved FCPS English curriculum lesson." That means that it was not developed by a teacher, but by the Instructional Services Dept. I don't know who leads the English Dept., but Noel Klimenko leads Instructional Services. Somebody in Instructional Services, or a teacher hired by IS created this.

When I saw Privilege Bingo, I thought it was designed for elementary school kids. The idea that someone at Gatehouse would foist this nonsense on high school English teachers, when they could be assigning books to students that would teach them about empathy in a more nuanced way, is seriously depressing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up on food stamps, donated clothes, and remember only getting name brand foods when the Lions Club gave us groceries during the holidays. Half the items on that bingo card applied to my childhood. But because I'm white I'm privileged? Maybe I can claim being racially profiled now too.

This crap right here is how republicans still win anything.

It’s not all or nothing. Most people experience a mix of different factors. I had probably 2/3rd of the boxes.

It’s also not saying that privilege is universally true. No one has said all white people have it super easy.

In general, it’s easier to be white.
In general, it’s easier to be rich.
In general, it’s easier to be able-bodied.

That’s what “privilege” is.

And no one EVER knew the bolded before people wrote articles and books and fcps paid for bingo games to teach that, so they’ve really got bragging rights for educational effectiveness here.

If you have taken the time to read through the thread, there are a lot of people who do not know the bolded.

And, the fact that it was most certainly created at the division level means that all teachers in the county had access to this.