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I read the link. Northam didn't call teachers racists, although the text in the link forced that conclusion.
Apparently he spoke about how Virginia schools have systemic (structural) racism. That's in the curriculum, not automatically in the people. To jump to the conclusion that Northam accused teachers of being racist is a bit of leap, but it's surely a partisan behavior to want to exaggerate stories about the "other side."
Look I don't even know what "critical race theory" is and I'm betting most people who are opposing it are just jumping on a bandwagon of soundbites and memes. But, the school system I attended in Maryland, certainly left out a LOT of negative historical events in my education. To think that I had to learn about some terrible things as almost a senior is ridiculous.
I do think that education could be more even-handed with U.S. history and well as civics. It has not been. To oppose making it more factual in schools might say something about a person. If you oppose teaching curriculum that discusses the Tulsa Massacre and Jim Crow laws, does that make you a racist?
Nope. According to Northam, official state policy deems one a racist if they aren’t allies. It’s one or the other - either you submit to the nonsense sweeping the liberal school districts, or you will be considered an ENEMY.
As far as the Tulsa Massacre, if it’s skipped over, oh well. You can’t teach everything. Nobody ever taught that Grant wanted to expel Jews from three states, either. You teach the main stuff, like slavery and the Holocaust. Some incidents are bound to fall by the wayside, in the interest of time.
And that’s because is limited with these students, and many are failing miserably. In Baltimore, not a single student passed math. Now you would rather teach black students to resent whites, and feel oppressed, rather than teaching them basic academics so they can get a job?
Sorry, but teaching about the Tulsa Massacre isn’t the most important thing. The most important thing is to teach kids skills and knowledge that will enable them to work, or to compete for a college seat.
P.S. and it’s not just about teaching historical events. It’s about teaching that this country was, and STILL is, systemically racist and designed to protect white supremacists. You are downplaying the evil behind the CRT goal.
Imagine having a governor of a state saying that its schools are systemically racist. Shame on him. There is no systemic racism, unless of course you mean the state colleges that favor blacks over whites for admission when the former have worse academics.
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Yeah all by themselves -- oh and the conservative propaganda media -- but you go ahead an think it is only liberals shoving ideas down our throats.....
Funny thing is I was a moderate... until I was told I was a far right wing extremist.
I read the link. Northam didn't call teachers racists, although the text in the link forced that conclusion.
Apparently he spoke about how Virginia schools have systemic (structural) racism. That's in the curriculum, not automatically in the people. To jump to the conclusion that Northam accused teachers of being racist is a bit of leap, but it's surely a partisan behavior to want to exaggerate stories about the "other side."
Look I don't even know what "critical race theory" is and I'm betting most people who are opposing it are just jumping on a bandwagon of soundbites and memes. But, the school system I attended in Maryland, certainly left out a LOT of negative historical events in my education. To think that I had to learn about some terrible things as almost a senior is ridiculous.
I do think that education could be more even-handed with U.S. history and well as civics. It has not been. To oppose making it more factual in schools might say something about a person. If you oppose teaching curriculum that discusses the Tulsa Massacre and Jim Crow laws, does that make you a racist?
I'm all for teaching about all of America's Racist past, and in the present:
Imagine having a governor of a state saying that its schools are systemically racist. Shame on him. There is no systemic racism, unless of course you mean the state colleges that favor blacks over whites for admission when the former have worse academics.
This must be a joke. I mean Governor Blackface making such an idiotic blanket statement.
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I'm really surprised that the Black Facers are Democrats or call themselves Liberal
