Posted on 07/11/2025 1:53:50 PM PDT by Salman
A school district in Canada has defended a presentation which declared the use of the word 'family' problematic, due to its 'white supremacist' roots.
The Waterloo Region District School Board in Ontario held a professional training session in November 2023 during which the word was said to imply 'values positions of [male] authority and hierarchy,' and 'nuclear family structure.'
During the event, entitled Dismantling Whiteness at W-O: Words Matter, it claimed the word 'asks for obedience' with 'no room for questions or criticism,' and insinuates an 'expectation to prioritize family's needs and wants; sacrificing personal boundaries,' Juno News reported.
The session went on to discuss the 'concept of whiteness' which 'allows white supremacy to flourish.'
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It always seems to be liberal white women that come up with this stuff!! That is one group that really needs to sit down and shut up!
Amen...
Everyone should read the 1850 book, The Law, by Frédéric Bastiat, written a couple of years after the French Revolution.
It deals with the loss of freedom & liberty post revolution...
IMHO, it can also provide a better understanding of the Marxist ascension to power here in the U.S., during the past 90 years...
In FR’s early years, this was central to many FR posts and discussions...
Most newspapers ban the word “Family room” when people advertise their house for sale; can’t use that word because some people may not have families and it’d hurt their feelings I suppose.
And here I always thought family just meant closely related by blood.
And next Zoology and Biology will be doomed.
“Plant Family”
“Animal Family”
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