Perhaps some students could make some yellow five-pointed stars (like on the US flag), with "White" inscribed on them in a similar calligraphy, pin them to the front of their shirts and wear them around the school.
Posted on 03/12/2013 4:25:56 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction runs several programs that heavily emphasize racial issues in public schools.
Some feel that one of those programs – an Americorps operation called VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) – may go a bit overboard by encouraging white students to wear a white wristband “as a reminder about your (white) privilege.”
Geared towards high school students, the program “seeks to build capacity in schools and districts serving low-income families to develop an effective, sustainable, research-based program of family-school-community partnerships,” according to its Facebook page.
That sounds reasonable enough.
But the program’s approach becomes a bit suspect when one reads the Gloria Steinem quote on the top of its webpage: “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.”
The webpage also offers a series of suggestions for high schools students to become more racially sensitive. They include:
Wear a white wristband as a reminder about your privilege, and as a personal commitment to explain why you wear the wristband.
Set aside sections of the day to critically examine how privilege is working.
Put a note on your mirror or computer screen as a reminder to think about privilege.
The Wisconsin DPI also sponsors several similar programs, including CREATE Wisconsin, an on-going “cultural sensitivity” teacher training program which focuses largely on “whiteness” and “white privilege.”
EAGnews will be exposing more about that program in a film documentary titled, “RE-CREATING AMERICA: Cultural Sensitivity in Wisconsin Schools,” along with a two-day written series on the same topic, beginning Monday.
Will DPI’s obsession with race and “white privilege” actually translate into better educational outcomes for all students? Not likely.
But it will continue to divide the state by race and income status, and allow bureaucrats to make a case for more government funding so they can create a different type of America.
Wisconsin taxpayers really ought to be paying more attention to how their education dollars are spent.
The band made black with magic marker symbolizes the tragedy of going to school at a PC indoctrination camp
Kids should transform their bands from white to black
Perhaps some students could make some yellow five-pointed stars (like on the US flag), with "White" inscribed on them in a similar calligraphy, pin them to the front of their shirts and wear them around the school.
When Hitler first rounded up Jews he gave them wristbands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEerqYY8N4U
I would form a club...the White Band Club.
Caucasians only by school board rule. I’d have parties and camping trips, etc.
We would discuss our white guilt over steaks on the fire.
It seems rather obvious this thread is in for a rocky ride just based on the title.
Surprised it lasted this long.
How much ‘money’ is being spent on the project should we replace Black/Negro with African American OR American of African Heritage?
Is the word ‘Wigger’ in the language yet?
How can WE, as a country/government, say RACE DOESN’T MATTER, Religion doesn’t matter, Heritage doesn’t matter, etc etc when we are continually plummeted with it on a daily basis by those that ‘supposedly’ want to ban it.
We all know that when a crime is reported (for the most part) there is no mention of Race. Fair enough, but IF ‘they’ are not going to point out a D in an article, why make the fact that someone is an R part of the headline -without personally wanting to take ‘pot shots’ at the R, White etc.
Seinfeld used to point this idiocy out on occasion - when Mrs C was taking advice from a person named Lee(?) who was passing herself off a Chinese - Well, if YOU thought she was Chinese, she did nothing to discourage it.
When found she wasn’t Chinese, the advice, all of a sudden, became useless ONLY because the person wasn’t Chinese.
Of course, ask me about a problem again while you sit there and name your children “Chaquwindeforgiac”, “Glutenguxtonial”, and whatever combination of consonants and vowels come off your finger tips.
When Indians (American) wanted to ‘change’ they started naming their children William, Mary, Phil etc and kind of dropped “Bubbling Brook”, “Lone Wolf”, etc, same with Asians, Russians, and whatever country of origin, the names kind of fit in with ‘local customs’ and usage.
The American Blacks just (to a goodly portion) went in the ‘other’ direction.
Nothing says *HIRE ME* more than being tagged with a ridiculous name - AND if able to get by it, just load yourself up with ink on every portion of your body, stick a bunch of metal studs on all visible parts of the the body, then tell me I am ‘racist’ or ‘sexist’ for not wanting to HIRE YOU and send you out in the public representing MY NAME.
This applies to ALL, not just a ‘Chosen Few’.
Nailed it!
Children learn what you do!
The whole thing is Socialist.,
Everything is provided.
No pencil, here's one.
No paper, here's some.
Don't want to work - no problem - here's a teacher to do your work for you.
Don't want to behave - here's a disability label so you don't have to.
What they learn how to do is "Play the System".
They already do. They are called handcuffs.
Just for the sake of being non-conformist in the extreme; I would write “white power” on it (if I were still in school and subjected to this claptrap).
The Left is working extremely hard at trying to make blacks hate whites and even harder at making thinking white people hate blacks. Do NOT rise to their evil, poisonous bait. They know racism is the only way they can conquer America for Marxism. Black Americans are nothing but pawns to them. Don’t fall for into the trap.
Condemn their racism but don’t take it out on blacks as that is exactly what the Left wants and needs us to do.
It is all one package....the disarming of the public is another aspect of this because sooner or later the public is not going to go along with this BS. Unfortunately by the time most of the hollywood crazed figure out what is happening, they will be beyond doing anything about it except to just get into the box cars.
“seeks to build capacity in schools and districts serving low-income families to develop an effective, sustainable, research-based program of family-school-community partnerships,”
No wonder the kids are dumber than bricks. That means absolutely nothing.
Sure, if the illegals will wear yellow ‘ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT PRIVILEGE” and Americans of a darker persuasion will wear “BLACK AMERICAN PRIVILEGE” and all members of the Obama family will wear “STEALING EVERYTHING WE CAN FROM AMERICANS BECAUSE WE CAN PRIVILEGE”.
I would be more than glad to wear the wristband if I was accorded the mythical privileges that come with it.
What exactly are those again ...?
I’d wear one if it got me a seat on the front of the bus.
I agree. Get one of those wristbands and wear it with pride. “I am white. I do not apologize for that. Deal with it.”
Perhaps the whites should not use the sidewalks...they can walk in the gutter to learn a little humility...
In fact, I’d take it one step further and have white bands made up with bold letters on them: WHAM — White Heterosexual Anglo-Saxon Male.
More class warfare and hatred?
The Nazis made Jews wear a large gold star on their exterior clothing before the genocide.
Is this where black America wants to go?
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