Posted on 07/03/2020 12:26:29 PM PDT by rickmichaels
On Wednesday the charter school organization The Knowledge is Power Program, commonly know as KIPP, announced that it will be retiring the slogan "Work hard. Be Nice." as school officials believe the phrase is counterproductive to abolishing systemic racism. Richard Barth, KIPP Foundation CEO, said in a press release that after a letter from KIPP Co-Founder Dave Levin about the ways in which the organization can change its culture, he decided to axe the slogan as it "diminishes the significant effort required to dismantle systemic racism."
"Over the last few weeks, we have all been working hard to turn words into action, recognizing that there is still much more work to be done to eliminate any practice at KIPP that furthers systemic racism, anti-Blackness, and inequities experienced by our students, alumni, families, teachers, and staff," said Barth.
Levin's letter was full of white guilt, expressing how he takes blame for not doing enough on behalf of KIPP to stop racial injustice. The practice of disciplining students of color instead of making them feel "affirmed, uplifted, and celebrated" was wrong, he said.
"In recent years, I have come face to face with the understanding that white supremacy doesn’t just mean the public and hateful displays of racism; it applies to all aspects of the world that are set up for the benefit of and perpetuation of power for white people at the expense of Black, Latinx, and other People of Color," said Levin.
"Work Hard. Be Nice." certainly has the outward appearance of promoting values that would make life better for every person who chose to espouse them. But to Barth, the idea of being nice and working hard offered too narrow of a future for children who might want to be lazy and mean in order to get what they want.
"[The slogan] places value on being compliant and submissive, supports the illusion of meritocracy, and does not align with our vision of students being free to create the future they want," his statement read.
In addition to the removal of the slogan, KIPP also plans to distribute grant money to communities most affected by the novel coronavirus and from racial trauma, eliminating discipline practices in schools that officials determine to be inequitable, providing a senior equity officer, along with countless other actions spurred by the killing of George Floyd.
I get it.
Working hard and being nice is “acting White.”
Racist!
If anything I would think that removing “work hard” could be considered racist.
The new official slogan is now “yo”.
How can they get more asinine???
Its what works
I know...they can change it to: Collect welfare, become a gang banger.
Perfect for the bruthas
“...being nice and working hard offered too narrow of a future for children who might want to be lazy and mean...”
What special kind of idiot is this guy????????????
If anything I would think that removing “work hard” could be considered racist.
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Apparently “working hard” is part of white privilege. Who knew.
When all of this ends and Trump wins again, he will bring the hell that he FEELS he cannot bring before elections and tell his SIL to go die.
And in the end, blacks will be 10x more worse off than they are now. And I don’t care anymore.
Not all blacks. Those that want to can join the great American Dream like the rest of us.
I’ve worked in 4 investment banks.
At the end of the day “woke” will NEVER take precedent over profits.
That’s the real world. For all the slogans and money they throw at the cause. It’s just dont’ to shut them the #### up.
If I wear my pants down around my knees can I get me some of that free stuff?
Shouldn't that read "Blax, Latinx, and Pox?"
Regards,
The way our so-called “education” system has gone the last 30 years, I am SO glad that I’m old...
I really worry about the life my grandkids are going to have to face and fight...
Loot Hard and Don’t Snitch.
“So, uh, how are we supposed to know when that is?”
Oh, dear...
Systemic racism is a lie.
meritocracy is not an illusion.
These simple minded twits are bowing to an ideology that’s not even one month old.
Let’s promote sloth and laziness and taking from other’s hard work and effort because people of a certain skin color or class are “deserving” of it.
What a sick school system!
My suggestion is “rape, loot, and plunder.”
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