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Elite K-8 school teaches white students they’re born racist

Is this a private or public school ?
 
It's not surprising that there are enough people in New York with more money than sense to support a private indoctrination center like this one. The Unambomber got a few things right in his manifesto, and one was that self-loathing is rife among so-called liberals.
 
This article cites the New York Post as its source. What's next? The Gateway Pundit?

If the NY Post is a tabloid, and I'm not really up on which papers in NY are or are not, I was in error and this should be moved and not be in BN. If you can provide articles showing the NY Post is off base, lying... I will accept I posted in error.
 
Renae, I've got something to share with you. It's a bit off-topic, but whatever.

This week I've been working with a Violence Prevention Counselor at a resale/women's center, and she told me something that made my jaw drop straight to the ground.

So a few years back she was teaching a diversity class, but she ended up losing the positon. You want to know why? Get this: it's because she was white, and some students were offended that a white person was teaching a diversity class.

I had a division officer in the Navy who placed a black First Class Engineman in my place due to some inspection from the Command Managed Equal Opportunity Office inspection. The DIVO put him in my place as the Leading Petty Officer of the boat crews, and engine overhaul shop. I had 16 years of diesel overhaul experience with about 40-50 engine overhauls with 10 different manufacturers, and I was a qualified auxiliary craft coxswain for the MK-8, MK-6, LCU, and PBR assault craft. He had 15 years in and never was in a leadership, or technical advisory position, a total dunce.

After the man burnt up 2 Detroit diesel engines, 2-3 clutch systems, and collided with a Navy YTB (tug boat), the Division Officer was relieved of his position and I was ordered by the First Lt. to take over the operation again. Too late....... I requested orders to the USS Inchon and got them. The best decision that I ever made in the Navy.

EO programs breed incompetence.
 
If the NY Post is a tabloid, and I'm not really up on which papers in NY are or are not, I was in error and this should be moved and not be in BN.

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To take a note from our resident conservative friend nota bene:

It's published in tabloid format, but so what? Has it published facts about the Bank Street School? Do you dispute what are its reported facts? If you dispute them, then why haven't you provided evidence that the NY Post has misrepresented the facts rather than simply shooting the messenger here?

... The New York Post's existence as a tabloid is pretty well documented.
 
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... The New York Post's existence as a tabloid is pretty well documented.

I'm sorry I didn't bother to follow up on that and I admit my error.

I do lose track of which paper is what from time to time. Doubly so for the brits stuff. Thank you for pointing this out and in the future I will try to remember the NY Post isn't the best of sources.
 
I had a division officer in the Navy who placed a black First Class Engineman in my place due to some inspection from the Command Managed Equal Opportunity Office inspection. The DIVO put him in my place as the Leading Petty Officer of the boat crews, and engine overhaul shop. I had 16 years of diesel overhaul experience with about 40-50 engine overhauls with 10 different manufacturers, and I was a qualified auxiliary craft coxswain for the MK-8, MK-6, LCU, and PBR assault craft. He had 15 years in and never was in a leadership, or technical advisory position, a total dunce.

After the man burnt up 2 Detroit diesel engines, 2-3 clutch systems, and collided with a Navy YTB (tug boat), the Division Officer was relieved of his position and I was ordered by the First Lt. to take over the operation again. Too late....... I requested orders to the USS Inchon and got them. The best decision that I ever made in the Navy.

EO programs breed incompetence.

The mighty WARPIG! May she rust in peace.
 
Elite K-8 school teaches white students they’re born racist | New York Post

The insanity of this **** is getting out of ****ing hand.

How do you fight racism? You teach every kid, that were all the same. We're all flesh and blood, we're all God's children, we're all people. So what if Jermaine has dark skin and Bobby is white? Who cares? You guys like playing tag, go play tag.

That's all that you need to do.

/smh

Every white kid should be pulled out and the school sued by the parents for their tuition back.

Bankrupt the school, and they will not be able to treat the kids this way.
 
Should white students be taught that they are equal to black students implicitly or explicitly?

Personally, I fail to see how this translates into a useful life skill. Schoolchildren should be taught to respect themselves as individuals and their peers. Teaching racism, or sexism is retrograde, not progressive.

When did discussion of race and sex become part of the curriculum?

When I was in school, there was just time for what we needed to learn at that level.

We didn't have a bunch of extra time for this kind of crap.
 
Perhaps another source would help.


The extreme program is run by Bank Street's director of diversity, Anshu Wahi, who said that even babies display signs of racism and encourages parents to make children as young as kindergarten age to talk about race, according to The Post.

She added that the answer to racism is for white kids to see the 'race in everything' and that the program merely empowers children of color who may otherwise feel 'alienated' and 'devalued in a 'dominant white culture'.

Segregating the children of color, she says, gives them a 'safe place' where they can share their 'ouch moments.'

There have also been concerns over the school screening of Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, which depicts Panthers founder Huey Newton as a martyr.

And while parents claim that the program forces white children to feel guilty about acts of racism committed by people they have never met, Wahi believes it is the only way to stamp the institutional racism that still exists across the country.​

Read more: New York school tells white kids they should be ashamed of their privilege | Daily Mail Online
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And foster hatred for other races at a very early age.
 
3 things

1.) doubt its real or accurate, its the new york post LMAO
2.) if it is I dont agree with it
3.) "private school" if you disagree dont send your kids there dummies...
 
"I have a dream...."
And that dream is dead....

And yes, I can believe it.

What a ridiculous over-dramatization.

If you don't like a private school's curriculum, don't take your kids there.

Yes, this school teaches about racism. I don't know why you're exploding about how horrible this is.

The colorblind approach is a vehicle to ignore the remnants of racism that still pervade our society. Psychologists know that we are all cognitive misers, we are all lazy thinkers- all of our brains naturally group things into broad categories instead of as individuals. It takes a persistent, conscious, concentrated effort to maintain low prejudice, which is the goal.

Here's a power point with some info :

https://www.cpp.edu/~jsmio/401/powerpoints/racism.html

Note :

"Majority Identity Devleopment Model

- PRE-EXPOSURE STAGE--Little thought has been given to
multicultural issues or to one's own role as a majority group member
in a racist and oppressive society.
- EXPOSURE STAGE--The individual is confronted with the realities
of racism and prejudice. He or she is forced to examine his or her
own role as a majority group member. In this examination, it is learned
how the European-American view has been taken for granted as the
"proper" (only) view. Anger and guilt arise. Anger because it has always
been assumed that past ways of conceptualizing the world have been
thought to be fair and just. Guilt because the person realized his or her
naive acceptance of the "fairness" view, and that he or she has been
fostering subtle racism.
- ZEALOT-DEFENSIVE STAGE--One of two reactions: Become a
zealot for minority causes or become defensive about majority view
and perhaps even withdraw from finding out about multicultural views
altogether. In becoming a zealot, the person is reacting to his or her own
--or the majority culture's collective--guilt. It tends to be other-focused
rather than self-focused. In becoming defensive, the person either
attempts to have contact with majority culture individuals, or he or she
tries to defend majority culture values by pointing out all of the
"concessions" made by the culture to minority cultures.
- INTEGRATION STAGE--The overly strong feelings of the Zealot-
Defensive Stage subside, and a more balanced view takes its place.
Instead, a deeper appreciation of one's own culture allows one to have
a secure, self-confident identity, allowing for appreciation of other
cultures. One is able to accept differences both intellectually and
emotionally."

Notice how blindly leaving kids in the PRE-EXPOSURE stage is probably not a good idea.

This is what the school does, kids "of color" on the left, white kids on the right :

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Doesn't seem that bad to me. Separating them is controversial, but the *horrible* message here is that some white kids had to watch black kids eat cupcakes ? Whoopty ****.
 
What a load of crap. They should teach the minority kids about "white culture" by making them continuously discuss Game of Thrones episodes while sipping Starbucks Lattes.

In the meantime I will "examine my whiteness" like this nutter liberal recommends. It shouldn't take me too long.

What a ridiculous over-dramatization.

If you don't like a private school's curriculum, don't take your kids there.

Yes, this school teaches about racism. I don't know why you're exploding about how horrible this is.

The colorblind approach is a vehicle to ignore the remnants of racism that still pervade our society. Psychologists know that we are all cognitive misers, we are all lazy thinkers- all of our brains naturally group things into broad categories instead of as individuals. It takes a persistent, conscious, concentrated effort to maintain low prejudice, which is the goal.

Here's a power point with some info :

https://www.cpp.edu/~jsmio/401/powerpoints/racism.html

Note :

"Majority Identity Devleopment Model

- PRE-EXPOSURE STAGE--Little thought has been given to
multicultural issues or to one's own role as a majority group member
in a racist and oppressive society.
- EXPOSURE STAGE--The individual is confronted with the realities
of racism and prejudice. He or she is forced to examine his or her
own role as a majority group member. In this examination, it is learned
how the European-American view has been taken for granted as the
"proper" (only) view. Anger and guilt arise. Anger because it has always
been assumed that past ways of conceptualizing the world have been
thought to be fair and just. Guilt because the person realized his or her
naive acceptance of the "fairness" view, and that he or she has been
fostering subtle racism.
- ZEALOT-DEFENSIVE STAGE--One of two reactions: Become a
zealot for minority causes or become defensive about majority view
and perhaps even withdraw from finding out about multicultural views
altogether. In becoming a zealot, the person is reacting to his or her own
--or the majority culture's collective--guilt. It tends to be other-focused
rather than self-focused. In becoming defensive, the person either
attempts to have contact with majority culture individuals, or he or she
tries to defend majority culture values by pointing out all of the
"concessions" made by the culture to minority cultures.
- INTEGRATION STAGE--The overly strong feelings of the Zealot-
Defensive Stage subside, and a more balanced view takes its place.
Instead, a deeper appreciation of one's own culture allows one to have
a secure, self-confident identity, allowing for appreciation of other
cultures. One is able to accept differences both intellectually and
emotionally."

Notice how blindly leaving kids in the PRE-EXPOSURE stage is probably not a good idea.

This is what the school does, kids "of color" on the left, white kids on the right :

2d5913f2963cbc54847239c475e53cfc.jpg


Doesn't seem that bad to me. Separating them is controversial, but the *horrible* message here is that some white kids had to watch black kids eat cupcakes ? Whoopty ****.
 
What a load of crap. They should teach the minority kids about "white culture" by making them continuously discuss Game of Thrones episodes while sipping Starbucks Lattes.

In the meantime I will "examine my whiteness" like this nutter liberal recommends. It shouldn't take me too long.

I'm not intimately familiar with their approach, but like i tried to say at the beginning, you probably shouldn't spend $~40,000/yr on an education at a private institution that you don't approve of.

This can't be much worse than private schools that teach how Jesus used to ride a dinosaur and that evolution is the devil's deception.
 
I don't have a problem with it if its a private school. I would recommend, however, taking your kid out of this school or doom him to a future in the food services industry.

I'm not intimately familiar with their approach, but like i tried to say at the beginning, you probably shouldn't spend $~40,000/yr on an education at a private institution that you don't approve of.

This can't be much worse than private schools that teach how Jesus used to ride a dinosaur and that evolution is the devil's deception.
 
Elite K-8 school teaches white students they’re born racist | New York Post

The insanity of this **** is getting out of ****ing hand.

How do you fight racism? You teach every kid, that were all the same. We're all flesh and blood, we're all God's children, we're all people. So what if Jermaine has dark skin and Bobby is white? Who cares? You guys like playing tag, go play tag.

That's all that you need to do.

/smh

well thats a terrible story

except for the god thing i like your way better
 
When did discussion of race and sex become part of the curriculum?

When I was in school, there was just time for what we needed to learn at that level.

We didn't have a bunch of extra time for this kind of crap.
The winds of change are blowing. A hierarchy of needs no longer places autonomy and learning above "progress."
 
It is described as an elite progressive school. I doubt there is any truth to the story, but if there is the unnamed parent should move her student to another school.
I don't have a problem with it if its a private school. I would recommend, however, taking your kid out of this school or doom him to a future in the food services industry.
 
It's what I'd call a quote that is floating in the air without anybody or anything it can attributed to. Tons of those in this article.

Yes, I've seen the slides, I've seen nothing to demonstrate that this is anything other than right wing whining about a school that isn't teaching about the time dinosaurs and humans walked together. Imagine, the shock of a school dealing with racism from a perspective where people actually discuss it instead of pretend that the statements of avowed racists like Trump have merit and it's politically correctness to criticize them!

Of course you don't. Just like you can't see the part where the article flat out denies systemic racism in the US today, or the part where the article hides behind anonymous parents and equates asking people not to stereotype Muslims to sympathizing with terrorists.

Carry on with the faux outrage.

:roll:

I'm not even moved, much less outraged, so you carry on with your self-justifying fantasy.

From Wiki: The New York Post is an American daily newspaper, primarily distributed in New York City and its surrounding area. It is the 13th-oldest and seventh-most-widely circulated newspaper in the United States.Established in 1801 by federalist and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, it became a respected broadsheet in the 19th century New York Evening Post. The modern version of the paper is published in tabloid format.

"Tabloid" refers to size, but I'm guessing your intended meaning is "sensationalistic."

Where did you see these Banks School presentation slides? Can the rest of us view them? I ask because some of what you bizarrely call "half-quotes" appear to be descriptive text taken from those slides.

Parents and public officials often "hide" behind anonymity, but I also provided you with an article from the New York Times published over a year ago that discusses this "affinity group" trendlet. Did you bother to read it? As I say, I wouldn't want to interfere with your whipping yourself up here and making a lot out of nothing, but I am curious anyway.
 
I don't have a problem with it if its a private school. I would recommend, however, taking your kid out of this school or doom him to a future in the food services industry.

Or he's gonna go around suffering from "white guilt" all his life.
 
Was the power point slide fraudulent ? Most of the parts of the story are real. The interpretation is left to the reader. It seems factual that they are separating the kids by race and they are teaching different curricula based on race. Is that in dispute? Plus it seems more than one parent doesn't like it. But I agree that parents who don't like it should switch schools immediately if not sooner. For the parents who like the indoctrination then congrats, you're a failed parent. We can only take solace in the fact that their DNA will eventually be weeded out of the gene pool.

It is described as an elite progressive school. I doubt there is any truth to the story, but if there is the unnamed parent should move her student to another school.
 
I'm not even moved, much less outraged, so you carry on with your self-justifying fantasy.

From Wiki: The New York Post is an American daily newspaper, primarily distributed in New York City and its surrounding area. It is the 13th-oldest and seventh-most-widely circulated newspaper in the United States.Established in 1801 by federalist and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, it became a respected broadsheet in the 19th century New York Evening Post. The modern version of the paper is published in tabloid format.

From the same entry:

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Again, a tabloid. Keep ignoring the parts you want to ignore when it suits you. It seems to be a pattern in these types of threads.

"Tabloid" refers to size, but I'm guessing your intended meaning is "sensationalistic."

No, I intended tabloid to mean tabloid. For other example of tabloids please see: The Sun, Daily Star, Enquirer, The Mirror, etc.

Where did you see these Banks School presentation slides? Can the rest of us view them? I ask because some of what you bizarrely call "half-quotes" appear to be descriptive text taken from those slides.

Parents and public officials often "hide" behind anonymity, but I also provided you with an article from the New York Times published over a year ago that discusses this "affinity group" trendlet. Did you bother to read it? As I say, I wouldn't want to interfere with your whipping yourself up here and making a lot out of nothing, but I am curious anyway.

Making a lot of out nothing? You're defending a clearly biased article full of unsourced quotes from a tabloid and comparing it to a well sourced and balanced article from the New York Times which explains how these schools treat racism. All because you believe that the tabloid's claims are true even though the NYT article you posted makes zero mention of how this school operates but does show how comprehensive these programs are:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/n...ing-white-privilege-from-the-inside.html?_r=1

Educators who do this work in New York private schools say one of the challenges white students face when exploring their own identity is the dearth of white anti-racist role models. They say white students have traditionally been offered only three ways to confront race: to be colorblind, ignorant or racist.“Those are not happy identities,” said Beverly Daniel Tatum, the president of Spelman College and the author of “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”
With that in mind, the Trevor Day School on East 89th Street spends at least some time every year honoring the white civil rights activist Andrew Goodman, who was killed in Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964, while working to register black voters. This year, the school invited Mr. Goodman’s brother, David, to speak at the school.

If you had read the OPs article which dismisses the existence of systemic racism and conflates refusal to stereotype Muslims with sympathy for terrorists you would have probably realized how incredibly biased this article is and why the OP stated it should be moved.

However, I doubt you have and you probably won't because it doesn't fit the narrative The New York Post has falsely created for you.
 
Or he's gonna go around suffering from "white guilt" all his life.

Yeah, or we could go with what the psychologists say could happen, the kid could come to confront, understand, and reject racism.

I'm sure it'd be a lot better if we just ignore racism and do a colorblind approach, even though the psychology says that's a bad approach. This is what the school acknowledges in OP's article-

"Forget teaching them to be color-blind — that’s a cop-out, she suggests, an excuse to ignore the hardships of people of color."

And yet the article is, itself, taking an uncritical approach:

"Street’s “Racial Justice and Advocacy” curriculum, parents say, teachers push white kids to grapple with America’s history of racism. Then they indoctrinate them into thinking “systemic racism” still exists, and that they’re part of the problem and must hold themselves accountable even for acts of racism committed by others."

The article is presupposing that systemic racism does not exist (see rhetorical use of "indoctrinate" above- schools often "indoctrinate" students about actual concepts like evolution and racism). That should be the thing we're most upset about here, lies like that. Racism isn't nearly as bad as it used to be, but it's erroneous to claim that it has disappeared ?
 
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