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Anonymous wrote:Well we won’t be applying now. Period.

Same

And the entire community breathes a collective sigh of relief.

Exactly my thoughts, if we can screen out families who don't believe their children should be learning about diversity I'd be a lot happier. We have more than enough applicants these days.

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Also those who are sarcastic and inflammatory in every post, we don't need all of the anger. You make my point!

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Anonymous wrote:Well we won’t be applying now. Period.

Same

And the entire community breathes a collective sigh of relief.

Exactly my thoughts, if we can screen out families who don't believe their children should be learning about diversity I'd be a lot happier. We have more than enough applicants these days.

Absolutely. Let's screen out any applicant who doesn't pass the DEI litmus test. Follow the accepted thinking or shut up and go away. Let us exist in an SR echo chamber where nobody disagrees with us.

This is an awesome idea.

Anonymous wrote: And Kendi is not considered a CRT author.

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Anonymous wrote:Well we won’t be applying now. Period.

Same

And the entire community breathes a collective sigh of relief.

Exactly my thoughts, if we can screen out families who don't believe their children should be learning about diversity I'd be a lot happier. We have more than enough applicants these days.

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Anonymous wrote:Well we won’t be applying now. Period.

Same

And the entire community breathes a collective sigh of relief.

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Anonymous wrote:SR parent of a high schooler here. We were aware of the DEI session the other Wednesday, but were not prepared for the breakout session, and the division by race / sexuality-gender. This really blew us away. We have been openly critical of the Kendi / Critical Theory bender that seemingly every school and business have unquestioningly embraced over the past 1-2 years, but had assumed that SR would tread lightly on this and not score own goals like this one. We were wrong. For everyone on this board saying that all the parents need to get with the program on this, we really beg to differ. We are progressive liberals... at least we were, until this became the new acid test. We are not OK with a movement that has its own infallibility baked in (if you criticize, you are an apostate... er racist.) Stone Ridge already follows one faith. This stuff is starting to feel awfully close to a religion. Not OK. We've stayed silent, mainly because there's nowhere else to go. But, all is NOT OK with parents, by a long shot.

Did you talk to your daughter about the breakout session? Mine was in one (White Accountability) and had no issues and did not feel threatened in the slightest. And Kendi is no considered a CRT author.

On (1) I would be more concerned if my daughter thought this was all great. That’s the point of this cultish movement; you brainwash those you can brainwash and banish those you can’t. On (2), just stop.

Sorry, we'll just have to agree to disagree. My daughter is a pretty independent thinker who questions a lot of things. I talked to her about the breakout session and she said she learned a lot and didn't understand why people (or parents) were making such a fuss about it days after the event. That doesn't make her brainwashed. And I'm sure you would never say that to her face if you asked her about it in person. Anonymous internet posts give people a lot of courage to disparage others they have never met.

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Anonymous wrote:Well we won’t be applying now. Period.

Same

Anonymous wrote:Well we won’t be applying now. Period.

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Anonymous wrote:SR parent of a high schooler here. We were aware of the DEI session the other Wednesday, but were not prepared for the breakout session, and the division by race / sexuality-gender. This really blew us away. We have been openly critical of the Kendi / Critical Theory bender that seemingly every school and business have unquestioningly embraced over the past 1-2 years, but had assumed that SR would tread lightly on this and not score own goals like this one. We were wrong. For everyone on this board saying that all the parents need to get with the program on this, we really beg to differ. We are progressive liberals... at least we were, until this became the new acid test. We are not OK with a movement that has its own infallibility baked in (if you criticize, you are an apostate... er racist.) Stone Ridge already follows one faith. This stuff is starting to feel awfully close to a religion. Not OK. We've stayed silent, mainly because there's nowhere else to go. But, all is NOT OK with parents, by a long shot.

Did you talk to your daughter about the breakout session? Mine was in one (White Accountability) and had no issues and did not feel threatened in the slightest. And Kendi is no considered a CRT author.

On (1) I would be more concerned if my daughter thought this was all great. That’s the point of this cultish movement; you brainwash those you can brainwash and banish those you can’t. On (2), just stop.

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Anonymous wrote:SR parent of a high schooler here. We were aware of the DEI session the other Wednesday, but were not prepared for the breakout session, and the division by race / sexuality-gender. This really blew us away. We have been openly critical of the Kendi / Critical Theory bender that seemingly every school and business have unquestioningly embraced over the past 1-2 years, but had assumed that SR would tread lightly on this and not score own goals like this one. We were wrong. For everyone on this board saying that all the parents need to get with the program on this, we really beg to differ. We are progressive liberals... at least we were, until this became the new acid test. We are not OK with a movement that has its own infallibility baked in (if you criticize, you are an apostate... er racist.) Stone Ridge already follows one faith. This stuff is starting to feel awfully close to a religion. Not OK. We've stayed silent, mainly because there's nowhere else to go. But, all is NOT OK with parents, by a long shot.

Did you talk to your daughter about the breakout session? Mine was in one (White Accountability) and had no issues and did not feel threatened in the slightest. And Kendi is no considered a CRT author.

Anonymous wrote:SR parent of a high schooler here. We were aware of the DEI session the other Wednesday, but were not prepared for the breakout session, and the division by race / sexuality-gender. This really blew us away. We have been openly critical of the Kendi / Critical Theory bender that seemingly every school and business have unquestioningly embraced over the past 1-2 years, but had assumed that SR would tread lightly on this and not score own goals like this one. We were wrong. For everyone on this board saying that all the parents need to get with the program on this, we really beg to differ. We are progressive liberals... at least we were, until this became the new acid test. We are not OK with a movement that has its own infallibility baked in (if you criticize, you are an apostate... er racist.) Stone Ridge already follows one faith. This stuff is starting to feel awfully close to a religion. Not OK. We've stayed silent, mainly because there's nowhere else to go. But, all is NOT OK with parents, by a long shot.

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+1 on the good intentions, but I'm feeling less confident about SR getting to the point where it's a real conversation and different viewpoints are discussed. I'm less confident because it seems like the school is committed to Kendi's vein of DEI and that does not allow for real conversation, space for students to come to their own conclusion. Also, after the last communication, it sounds like SR is doubling down on their chosen approach. Maybe I'm wrong.

It's not designed for conversation and the exchange of different views. That's the whole point. If you're white, you're automatically part of the problem and you can't escape it.

It's inherently racist.

The irony is completely lost on the bleeding hearts that run SR.

Agree with this. Why can't the school find a way to educate about racism, unconscious bias, etc. without making certain kids feel like they are part of a problem? Here's a novel idea: unite them in working towards a better, more caring and compassionate way of life for all human beings -- without singling some of them out.

Much easier to buy the new off-the-shelf critical race theory garbage churned out recently from the leftist activists. Check!

Except SR's DEI effort isn't focused around CRT. DEI work is not necessarily CRT work.