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Idiots abound in politics and our school systems. This one is so idiotic that it's amusing.
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Oh the times we live in where food can be deemed racist. In a move Oprah would be proud of, Principal Verenice Gutierrez, of the Harvey Scott K-8 School in Portland, has labeled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as racist.
Apparently, in a move distinguished by the superintendent of the school, an effort was made to, “improve education for students of color.”
Tell me, how does the lunch selection improve the implementation of education?
This is so far beyond politically correct it’s dumbfounding. Gutierrez has determined that the fact that the PB&J is on bread, it leads to cultural sensitivity.
According to progressives anything and everything whites like, created, do or say is racist. In other words it all must be purged from existence. But that is NOT racist lol .
Idiots abound in politics and our school systems. This one is so idiotic that it's amusing.
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Oh the times we live in where food can be deemed racist. In a move Oprah would be proud of, Principal Verenice Gutierrez, of the Harvey Scott K-8 School in Portland, has labeled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as racist.
Apparently, in a move distinguished by the superintendent of the school, an effort was made to, “improve education for students of color.”
Tell me, how does the lunch selection improve the implementation of education?
This is so far beyond politically correct it’s dumbfounding. Gutierrez has determined that the fact that the PB&J is on bread, it leads to cultural sensitivity.
I def eat my share of PBJ sandwiches: they're cheap to make and fill me up. Too; I like a good taco, fried chicken, pork fried rice, Indian fry bread and even watermelon. Have I pissed off all "races" yet? LOL!!
As it turns out, the original source for the “peanut butter sandwich ban” was a Portland Tribune article published on 6 September 2012. The entire rumor was predicated on the opening lines of that lengthy article, in which Portland elementary school principal Verenice Gutierrez referenced the notion that students from different cultures don’t necessarily share the same frames of reference (even in matters that might seem universally common and ordinary, such as sandwiches), and educators should be aware of those kinds of issues:
Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day.
Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year.
“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portland’s Cully neighborhood.
“Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.“
Unfortunately, since the article’s author (not Principal Gutierrez) used the word “racism” in the article’s opening line, this brief opening passage was taken out of context and spun into a claim that Portland schools were seeking to “ban” peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for being “racist.”
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