Posted on 05/20/2021 6:44:34 AM PDT by rktman
The Hermosa Beach City School District recently hired a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant who will help train teachers about their white privilege, among other duties.
The decision has prompted anger and frustration among a group of parents who argued against infusing race and privilege trainings into the very small public school district, located in a coastal city south of Los Angeles and consisting of two elementary schools and a middle school.
But the school board members who made the decision to hire Loyola Marymount University psychology Professor Sheri Atwater to serve as the district’s diversity, equity and inclusion consultant stand behind their decision, according to their public comments at their May 12 meeting.
One board member accused parents who stood in opposition to the hire of living in an echo chamber, while others suggested the concerned parents simply misunderstand the lessons and goals of the diversity, equity and inclusion curriculum.
Atwater, in response to the concerns, said she would not use “shame or guilt” when she teaches on topics such as race, color blindness, implicit bias and similar topics, according to the video of the school board meeting.
Atwater also said during the meeting that what she trains on is not “critical race theory.” But the scholar’s published works include weighing in on “whiteness norms … that systemically benefit white people” and arguments against a color-blind society, according to her faculty bio.
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This kind of stirring up of racial hatred may have played a role in this horrific crime:
Just say No to this racist crap being taught in schools. Teaching or promoting hatred of ANY RACE IS WRONG.
America has been a white-majority country since its inception (diminishing, of course, but we’re 240 years in at this point). Blacks have always been a distinct minority. For most people, of any race, the best path to success in a system is conformity to the norms and standards of that system; in this case: do well in school, be on time, show respect for elders, teachers, bosses, stay out of trouble, and so on.
To encourage minorities to buck all these norms only guarantees their failure. The notion that the “norms” are racist, that the norms are the problem, is condescending, and will only lead to more failure. As Candace Owens says, it is treating minorities like toddlers.
America has been a white-majority country since its inception (diminishing, of course, but we’re 240 years in at this point). Blacks have always been a distinct minority. For most people, of any race, the best path to success in a system is conformity to the norms and standards of that system; in this case: do well in school, be on time, show respect for elders, teachers, bosses, stay out of trouble, and so on.
To encourage minorities to buck all these norms only guarantees their failure. The notion that the “norms” are racist, that the norms are the problem, is condescending, and will only lead to more failure. As Candace Owens says, it is treating minorities like toddlers.
“One board member accused parents who stood in opposition to the hire of living in an echo chamber,”
Yeah, just ask the ‘mare’ of chitown.
White people are inherently racist
Translation: When they want what you have but don’t want to earn it.
Obviously, it’s the school board’s fault for hiring a bunch of whities.
You know what they say about experts.
When Anti-Racism is their religion, expect they will make whites their equivalent of Satan. That’s part of their religion.
(Similarly, when Anti-Covid is their religion, expect they will make unvaxxed and unmasked their Satan.)
Exactly.🤔
If whites are “inherently racist” then it’s a lie that children must be taught to hate.
You can’t have it both ways lefties. Make up your damn minds or shut up.
(from Zillow)
“The typical home value of homes in Hermosa Beach is $2,065,171. This value is seasonally adjusted and only includes the middle price tier of homes.”
ANYONE who can afford a house at this price is capable of doing more than just whining if they don’t like the public schools.
Yes.
Wonder how this so-called “expert” would react if all of the white people were to walk out and if they were to issue a statement to the effect of “since we are so racist then perhaps it is time that we separate ourselves from other races for their own well-being and ours.”
Wouldn’t that be a hoot?
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