White Rain
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White people, you're privileged, and guilty, guilty, guilty of oppressing disadvantaged minorities. Denial only makes things worse.
This is the message currently emanating from the Seattle School District. Never mind that this dubious construct undercuts needed emphasis on minority student achievement.
District officials this month are sending students from four high schools to an annual "White Privilege Conference" in Colorado. The conference is billed as an "opportunity to examine and explore difficult issues related to white privilege, white supremacy and oppression" "a challenging, empowering and educational experience."
The conference has little to do with mastering reading, writing, math and science; or with graduating from high school and keeping one's head above water in college. Those are the lessons high-school students should be learning, not that they will be given social promotions in the name of equity and inclusion. (more at link)
http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2...tml/opinion/2003661182_matt11.html&frame=true
I am so sick and tired of this "white privelege" crap. How are us whites privelged in a world today where we are constantly being asked to pay and apologize for events that happened in the past that we had absolutely NO control over?
How are we still "oppressing disadvantaged minorities?" And why do we never hear about all the "disadvantaged" WHITE people that exist in this world?
I am SO SO SO sick of this. Stuff like this is what keeps racism alive and strong IMO. Everytime I talk to a racist white person, and ask them why they are racist, comments like those above are the exact reason they give.
I'm not racist, but the comments do make me angry and I wonder how long we'll have to keep paying for the past.
And I can guarentee you my children would never attend a conference like that. The writer of this article was 100% correct when he said "The conference has little to do with mastering reading, writing, math and science; or with graduating from high school and keeping one's head above water in college. Those are the lessons high-school students should be learning, not that they will be given social promotions in the name of equity and inclusion."
This is the message currently emanating from the Seattle School District. Never mind that this dubious construct undercuts needed emphasis on minority student achievement.
District officials this month are sending students from four high schools to an annual "White Privilege Conference" in Colorado. The conference is billed as an "opportunity to examine and explore difficult issues related to white privilege, white supremacy and oppression" "a challenging, empowering and educational experience."
The conference has little to do with mastering reading, writing, math and science; or with graduating from high school and keeping one's head above water in college. Those are the lessons high-school students should be learning, not that they will be given social promotions in the name of equity and inclusion. (more at link)
http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2...tml/opinion/2003661182_matt11.html&frame=true
I am so sick and tired of this "white privelege" crap. How are us whites privelged in a world today where we are constantly being asked to pay and apologize for events that happened in the past that we had absolutely NO control over?
How are we still "oppressing disadvantaged minorities?" And why do we never hear about all the "disadvantaged" WHITE people that exist in this world?
I am SO SO SO sick of this. Stuff like this is what keeps racism alive and strong IMO. Everytime I talk to a racist white person, and ask them why they are racist, comments like those above are the exact reason they give.
I'm not racist, but the comments do make me angry and I wonder how long we'll have to keep paying for the past.
And I can guarentee you my children would never attend a conference like that. The writer of this article was 100% correct when he said "The conference has little to do with mastering reading, writing, math and science; or with graduating from high school and keeping one's head above water in college. Those are the lessons high-school students should be learning, not that they will be given social promotions in the name of equity and inclusion."