Posted on 02/16/2024 5:10:23 AM PST by Red Badger
Students in a Seattle English class were told that their love of reading and writing is a characteristic of “white supremacy,” in the latest Seattle Public Schools high school controversy. The lesson plan has one local father speaking out, calling it “educational malpractice.”
As part of the Black Lives Matter at School Week, World Literature and Composition students at Lincoln High School were given a handout with definitions of the “9 characteristics of white supremacy,” according to the father of a student. Given the subject matter of the class, the father found it odd this particular lesson was brought up.
The Seattle high schoolers were told that “Worship of the Written Word” is white supremacy because it is “an erasure of the wide range of ways we communicate with each other.” By this definition, the very subject of World Literature and Composition is racist. It also chides the idea that we hyper-value written communication because it’s a form of “honoring only what is written and even then only what is written to a narrow standard, full of misinformation and lies.” The worksheet does not provide any context for what it actually means.
“I feel bad for any students who actually internalize stuff like this as it is setting them up for failure,” the father explained to the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH.
Everything is ‘white supremacy’ at Seattle Public Schools The father asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution against his child by Seattle Public Schools. He said the other pieces of the worksheet were equally disturbing.
The worksheet labels “objectivity,” “individualism,” and “perfectionism” as white supremacy. If students deny their own racism — or that any of the nine characteristics are legitimately racist — is also white supremacy. Denialism or being overly defensive is a racist example of an “entitlement to name what is an [sic] isn’t racism and that those with power have a right to be shielded from the stresses of antiracist work.”
The father argues the concepts are “incoherent and cannot stand any sort of reasoned analysis.” And he notes that it’s set up to ensure students accept every concept without ever questioning the claims.
“How is a 15-year-old kid supposed to object in class when ‘denial and defensiveness’ is itself a characteristic of white supremacy? This is truly educational malpractice.”
Terms and definitions regarding white supremacy given to Lincoln High students.
White students told to apologize in yet another Seattle high school controversy Another aspect of the white supremacy lesson at this Seattle school involved a video titled “Getting Called Out: How to Apologize” by Franchesca Ramsey. It’s reportedly presented in the context of white students expressing what the teacher views as “white supremacy.”
“Getting called out, in this context of this video, is when you say or do something that upholds the oppression of a marginalized group of people,” Ramsey says.
Ramsey says her advice is about becoming an ally and “doing the right thing.” She explains you shouldn’t “get defensive” by denying you’re oppressing marginalized people, even if you’re not actually oppressing marginalized people.
“What you really need to do is listen because this is where the other person is hopefully going to explain to you what you did wrong and how you can explain it,” she says.
In the context of the worksheet on white supremacy, it seems clear that students must merely accept that they are upholding oppression. Using the worksheet, if a student defends independence or a love of reading and writing, that student is supposed to accept that it’s white supremacist thinking and stop acting independently or loving to read and write.
The worksheet on white supremacy.
Father says Seattle Public Schools isn’t serving students The father says he taught his son to be on the lookout for this kind of Radical Left indoctrination. It’s why his son flagged the worksheets to him. But he notes that the curriculum doesn’t exactly help his kid on the subject he’s supposed to be learning.
“My problem with this curriculum is that this is supposed to be a writing and literature class and lessons like these do nothing to help my kid become a better writer,” the father explained. “I’m sure Lincoln administration will point to the high ELA proficiency scores but the high proportion of HCC [highly capable] kids (40% of the student body) is a big factor. With so many smart, hard working kids (white supremacists) it’s easy to support these luxury beliefs but system-wide only 63% of kids are proficient in English. Is this really the best use of class time? ”
The father also wonders how many students will fall for this toxic thinking across Seattle schools where concepts around white supremacy are so clearly partisan.
“I feel bad for any students who actually internalize stuff like this as it is setting them up for failure,” he said.
Seattle Public Schools spokespeople provided their normal response to requests for comment: none.
‘How do white supremacy characteristics show up in your personal lives?’ was a question in a worksheet given to Lincoln High students.
PING!..........................
“Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.”
― George Orwell, 1984
I’m at a loss here. Why aren’t blacks up in arms about this? These people are basically saying that being non-white means you’re illiterate. Am I misreading this?
Message — Be as stupid as possible. Be as black as possible.
Speaking of malpractice, just wait until all the older, competent MDs retire or die, and gen Zs are stuck with DIE emplaced physicians who eschewed perfekshunism, riting, and all that raciss maff stuff.
You notice it’s mainly stupid people saying you have to be stupid.
Not white supremacy but rather white superiority.
There is no real solution to being inferior
I don’t understand why former African slaves wants whitey to be as dumb and ignorant as they are. Somebody has to keep America running or they’ll all starve their asses to death. “White supremacy” is the only thing that keeps them alive. Jackasses.
In other words, no Ebonics or ghetto talk.
Democrats, Democrat Socialists of America and groups even more hardcore Left need to stoke the public perception of racism, all the while it is they who perpetrate the greatest part of it.
And IF ONE ACCEPTS that America is racist, it becomes only logical to observe that it is being led by a WHITE DEMOCRAT, and therefore that most ardent Leftist is, by definition, a white supremacist and a racist.
Ditto with the Clintons, the Newsoms, and so many other Leftists.
A hoax among many hoaxes, including climate change, wars a plenty, transsexualism and the whole game of LGBT+, and more.
America has learned to be accepting; Democrats have not. Intolerance is their bread and butter. Walk away.
Somebody will make millions from a book deal: Hooked on Eubonics.
I split any race into two types.
Upper culture - Does value family, education, ethics/morality, hard work and perseverance for success. The list goes on.
Ghetto culture - Family is broken and normalized, education is optional, no flag is planted for values/morals , work is for suckers, complete lack of personal accountability.
Again, you can see this in any race/culture.
Otherwise, they’ll be trying to speak Mandarin forced on them by their Chinese supremacists
I only want to live in a literate country. Anyone not literate needs to leave.
Not to worry....... India will supply all the truly educated physicians we need.
Democrats fear educated people.
Taking my 11 year old grand niece to a book store this afternoon. A late Christmas gift, she has $100 to spend on books. Told me she made a list which includes C.S. Lewis, Poe, Dostoevsky,Steinbeck, and Bradbury. Passed the love of reading on to another generation. Funny thing is she told me yesterday she loves the writing of 18 and 19th century author.their descriptive writing is so different.
Hard to argue with the truth in their case.
Some people don’t belong in a civilized society. Even they recognize it.
bttt
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