In the town I live in, last year a (white) student made a video where he appeared in front of Confederate flags holding a gun and throwing around the N word. Just, the most ignorant, vile, racist garbage that a 17 year old can get up to around here, and it went viral and caused a massive uproar in our community. The school board took the…
In the town I live in, last year a (white) student made a video where he appeared in front of Confederate flags holding a gun and throwing around the N word. Just, the most ignorant, vile, racist garbage that a 17 year old can get up to around here, and it went viral and caused a massive uproar in our community. The school board took the approach of giving him a warning, and he apologized (pretty insincerely) for being an idiot. Fast forward to today, and the school has contracted with Praxis Lead Equity consultants to implement an “equity program” in our school district, and to incorporate “culturally proficient education practices”. They promise to help us “sharpen our lens”. Their web site has videos by the usual suspects, such as Robin Deangelo talking about systemic racism and power structures. I’m trying to figure out how to warn my kid about what’s coming, but he already thinks of me as an out of touch idiot when it comes to this stuff. Clearly, something is wrong if we have a kid making a video like that. (Where did he even get the flags and guns?) But, I’m pretty worried that we are all now going to get white-shamed and have to do some performative self-flagellation to cleanse our community.
Thank you 4 sharing your story. Confederate flag + the, our, their, constitutional right to own a fire arm, I encountered both while passing through Bible Belt, Tennessee, 2019. Ironically I was rendering aide to a post surgery, leg amputation, (diabetic) Vietnam veteran. He resided in a low income housing complex. The guys wth the flag & right to bare arms, were apparently low income “housing” and dealing wth they were dealing with the opioid “crisis”. Prescription drug patriots. Clearly something is wrong. Perhaps we might suggest everyone watch the entire trial, then we may have an interesting discussion.
The incident I related is completely unrelated to what happened in Kenosha. It was the story of how critical social justice theory is making its way to the public schools in my district.
Thank you Rich. Robert “Bob” Woodson Sr., founder of 1776 Unites, he’s uplifting everyday Americans. Confident his. 1776unites.com would appreciate & respond to your concerns.
In the town I live in, last year a (white) student made a video where he appeared in front of Confederate flags holding a gun and throwing around the N word. Just, the most ignorant, vile, racist garbage that a 17 year old can get up to around here, and it went viral and caused a massive uproar in our community. The school board took the approach of giving him a warning, and he apologized (pretty insincerely) for being an idiot. Fast forward to today, and the school has contracted with Praxis Lead Equity consultants to implement an “equity program” in our school district, and to incorporate “culturally proficient education practices”. They promise to help us “sharpen our lens”. Their web site has videos by the usual suspects, such as Robin Deangelo talking about systemic racism and power structures. I’m trying to figure out how to warn my kid about what’s coming, but he already thinks of me as an out of touch idiot when it comes to this stuff. Clearly, something is wrong if we have a kid making a video like that. (Where did he even get the flags and guns?) But, I’m pretty worried that we are all now going to get white-shamed and have to do some performative self-flagellation to cleanse our community.
Thank you 4 sharing your story. Confederate flag + the, our, their, constitutional right to own a fire arm, I encountered both while passing through Bible Belt, Tennessee, 2019. Ironically I was rendering aide to a post surgery, leg amputation, (diabetic) Vietnam veteran. He resided in a low income housing complex. The guys wth the flag & right to bare arms, were apparently low income “housing” and dealing wth they were dealing with the opioid “crisis”. Prescription drug patriots. Clearly something is wrong. Perhaps we might suggest everyone watch the entire trial, then we may have an interesting discussion.
The incident I related is completely unrelated to what happened in Kenosha. It was the story of how critical social justice theory is making its way to the public schools in my district.
Thank you Rich. Robert “Bob” Woodson Sr., founder of 1776 Unites, he’s uplifting everyday Americans. Confident his. 1776unites.com would appreciate & respond to your concerns.