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California School Teaching That White People Have 'No Culture' Sparks Fury
Newspeak ^ | September 19, 2023 | Giulia Carbonaro

Posted on 09/24/2023 12:51:14 PM PDT by Fiji Hill

Claims that a California school told students that white people had "no culture" have sparked controversy, with a parent expressing outrage about the alleged incident.

The mother of one of the students reported the claims to the San Ramon Valley Unified School District last week, saying that her daughter was taught about white privilege during a choir class and was told by an "equity teacher" that white people have no culture.

She added: "During this, the teacher's discussion with the class, she stated that white people had no culture and any culture that they did have was stolen. She gave inaccurate information that the students could quickly google and figure out that was wrong." She said the U.S. number one condiment is not "salsa," as the teacher apparently claimed, and that the number one American dish is hamburgers, and not "chicken tikka masala."

The mom asked for the district to investigate the incident and "rectify it." She also called for more parents' involvement in the teaching at the school district.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: arth; california; chat; crt; education; learning; race; racism; schools; teaching
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

See, the thing about white culture is that whitey doesn’t believe in grudge wars, child marriages, subjugation of women or cannibalism unlike other races we could mention.


21 posted on 09/24/2023 1:10:57 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Fiji Hill

DEI devolves into simple racist silliness. Anyone who thinks white people have no culture gets cut off from pizza for life. That’ll larn ‘em.


22 posted on 09/24/2023 1:12:39 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Fiji Hill

Isn’t ketchup tied with ranch dressing for the number one spot? It is in my home. :)

From whom did white people steal the waltz, Impressionism and electricity?


23 posted on 09/24/2023 1:16:50 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Fiji Hill
She said the U.S. number one condiment is not "salsa," as the teacher apparently claimed, and that the number one American dish is hamburgers, and not "chicken tikka masala."

There was a story a few years back that salsa had become America's favorite condiment. I don't know what happened to that. More recent stories have ketchup and mayo battling it out.

The chicken tikka masala story, obviously false in the case of the US, may have come from Britain -- so much stuff on the internet does and people don't bother to check. Even in the case of Britain, fish and chips is probably still more popular.

Just for fun, somebody's idea of what the most popular condiment in each state. Peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff are condiments? And Nutella is a popular condiment?


24 posted on 09/24/2023 1:22:15 PM PDT by x
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To: Skywise
Next they’ll be saying wypipo have no souls…

The Black Muslims have for decades been preaching that wypipo were created 6,000 years ago by a mad scientist named Yakub who sought to create a race of Blue-Eyed Devils. Maybe this viewpoint will catch on in the Woke community.

25 posted on 09/24/2023 1:23:09 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill
white people had no culture and any culture that they did have was stolen

The statement "white people had no culture and any culture that they did have was stolen" contains several logical and conceptual issues, including fallacies, contradictions, and unsupported claims. Here is an analysis of some of the problems in the statement:

Fallacies:

Hasty Generalization: The statement makes a sweeping generalization about all white people, implying that they had no culture and that any culture they had was stolen. This is a hasty generalization because it makes an unjustified assumption about an entire racial or ethnic group based on insufficient evidence.

Stolen Concepts:

Cultural Appropriation: The statement assumes that any culture attributed to white people was stolen. This presupposes that cultural appropriation is a universal and inherent characteristic of white culture, which is a loaded and contentious assumption.

Floating Abstractions:

"Stolen Culture": The concept of "stolen culture" is vague and lacks clear definitions or criteria. It floats as an abstract notion without specific examples or evidence to support it.

Invalid Concepts:

"No Culture": The assertion that white people had "no culture" is an invalid concept. All human societies have cultures, which encompass a wide range of traditions, beliefs, practices, and expressions. The statement ignores the diversity of cultures within white communities.

Mystical Concepts:

Implicit Causation: The statement implies a causal relationship between the absence of white culture and the assertion that any culture they had was stolen. This causation is not explained or substantiated, making it a mystical concept.

Pseudo-Concepts:

"Any Culture They Did Have Was Stolen": This statement uses the pseudo-concept of "stolen culture" without providing concrete examples or evidence of such theft. It oversimplifies complex historical interactions and cultural exchanges.

Contradictions:

"No Culture" vs. "Stolen Culture": The statement contradicts itself by asserting that white people had "no culture" while simultaneously claiming that any culture they had was "stolen." If they had no culture, there would be nothing to steal.

Errors:

Historical Accuracy: The statement makes historical claims about the absence of white culture and the theft of any culture they had. These claims are not supported by historical evidence, as various white ethnic and cultural groups have distinct traditions and histories.

False Premises:

Collective Guilt: The statement assumes collective guilt by attributing cultural theft to all white people, which is a false premise. Collective guilt is an unfair and invalid concept.

26 posted on 09/24/2023 1:24:17 PM PDT by mjp (pro-freedom & pro-wealth $)
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To: Fiji Hill

Open racism against white people...again.


27 posted on 09/24/2023 1:26:43 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Fiji Hill

Sounds like Scientology…


28 posted on 09/24/2023 1:27:27 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
I have heard that any number of times. It gets really nasty if they know you are from the Midwest. We are apparently the lowest of the low.

Lower than southerners? I’m certainly not picking on the south, half of my family is from the south. It just seems that leftist have a deeper hatred for the south than the Midwest. The other half of my family is from Minnesota.

As for the entire notion of culture, all people have culture. Perhaps the old definition of culture doesn’t fit today’s white leftists, since they lack religion and try to maintain a globalist, borderless view of the world. The fact is, their lack of religion doesn’t exist. They might have disavowed Christianity, but they have replaced Christianity with a religious belief in government and the collective.

It is to their benefit to eliminate Western Culture rooted in Christianity. It’s all rather simple. We Christians look towards God as an ideal and Christ as the model of behavior. It is central to our entire value system. That leads to our laws, our principles, beliefs and ultimately behavior. The left wants to destroy those to replace with their own. Since they have no God, there is no ideal and model to look towards. They are their own God. What they believe can change day to day pending on how it benefits them.

Think about the impact of all the gender denial today. A person can awake one morning and be male, and awake the next morning and be female. There is no objective truth. Literally, they can look between their legs and deny what they see. There is a very large part of the population that while not transgender that deny what they can clearly see. That is just as bad as transgenders.

This type of conditioning is excellent for believing what the government says about COVID, secure elections, secure borders, Ukraine, the economy, global warming and so many other things. I don’t believe much government has to say because I believe in God. (That’s not a leap when you understand the source of my value system, God, has everything to do with what I believe is good and true. It means I have unchanging values and principles.)

29 posted on 09/24/2023 1:29:51 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Vacate the chair. Shutter the government until it can be correctly defunded.)
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To: Fiji Hill

“Faded Mosaic: The Emergence of Post-Cultural America” has an interesting take on this topic, but the author also thinks that skin color isn’t enough to give you a distinct and different culture in today’s America.


30 posted on 09/24/2023 1:35:08 PM PDT by x
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To: ConservativeInPA
Lower than southerners?

Yep.

The left at least acknowledges there is such a thing as "southern culture". They may hate it and regard it as a negative but at least they know it exists.

The Midwest has no culture, no traditions, no food, no music, we just exist to provide the world with food. Which apparently we can not cook.

31 posted on 09/24/2023 1:36:11 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

You betcha.


32 posted on 09/24/2023 1:37:09 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Vacate the chair. Shutter the government until it can be correctly defunded.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“I have heard that any number of times. It gets really nasty if they know you are from the Midwest. We are apparently the lowest of the low.”

These uninformed socially biased ingrates have no clue as to what culture the Midwest represents.... ie farming and therefore, the food that ends up on their market shelves. They’re ignorant and they’re dishonest.

Normally, I would wish or hope that they get exactly what they deserve. But that would mean that the rest of us would get ‘the shaft’ right along with them. Evil times we’re in.


33 posted on 09/24/2023 1:37:43 PM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Fiji Hill

Oh, yeah, it’s entirely appropriate to be talking about white privilege during CHOIR class ...!


34 posted on 09/24/2023 1:40:15 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times, it's enemy action.)
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To: I want the USA back

How about each race living with only the inventions of their ancestors. We can do the same for music and art.


35 posted on 09/24/2023 1:43:27 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Fiji Hill

Cauliphonya needs to start piss testing their so-called “teachers”. It’s obvious they are doing too many Mexican drugs and drinking too much cerveza. Who the hell won WWI and WWII. Who opened the American West! WHO PUT A MAN, A WHITE MAN ON THE MOON? California “teachers” can kiss my ass. No culture my ass. Without white people most of you flakes would still be sitting on tree limbs and smelling your fingers.


36 posted on 09/24/2023 1:45:43 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Try That In A Small Town" - Jason Aldean rules!)
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To: Fiji Hill

99% of all movies that come out of Hollywood are about WHITE CULTURE! MORONS!

99.9% of all books are written about white culture. MORONS! You freeloading, deadbeats wasted the crap out of my tax money going to college. I’d love to kick your asses.


37 posted on 09/24/2023 1:51:32 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Try That In A Small Town" - Jason Aldean rules!)
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To: Fiji Hill

Another good little fascist, indoctrinated via an edykashun degree.


38 posted on 09/24/2023 1:51:43 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Fiji Hill

They do so…baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet!

(From a 1960s Chevy ad)


39 posted on 09/24/2023 1:53:58 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Fiji Hill

Ay, por favor-esta mierda otra vez? This idiot pretending to be a teacher needs to be given a map of Europe that has all the different countries whose populations are Caucasian/white-then taught that each country has a different language, different customs, food etc-Caucasians are not a monolithic race/group-neither are Black people-they just live on the continent of Africa-but not in the same country-the teacher is terminally stupid...


40 posted on 09/24/2023 1:53:59 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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