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

Teaching children that some white people treated some black people unfairly is both accurate and absolutely essential for imparting historical truth.

Teaching children that "white people" as a category of humans have treated "black people" unfairly as a category of humans - and incidentally, little Johnny, YOU are one of the "white people" and your friend Bill is one of the "black people" - is another thing altogether.

The one is a statement of fact that we can learn from. The other amounts to perpetuation of racial categorization of humans. It is also depends on the concept that all "white" share more or less in the quality of being privileged and all "black" people share more or less equally in the quality of being disadvantaged. That is obviously false.

Assigning qualities in a general way to a group of people on the basis of their so-called race is at the root of racist thinking.
 
Teaching children that some white people treated some black people unfairly is both accurate and absolutely essential for imparting historical truth.

Teaching children that "white people" as a category of humans have treated "black people" unfairly as a category of humans - and incidentally, little Johnny, YOU are one of the "white people" and your friend Bill is one of the "black people" - is another thing altogether.

The one is a statement of fact that we can learn from. The other amounts to perpetuation of racial categorization of humans. It is also depends on the concept that all "white" share more or less in the quality of being privileged and all "black" people share more or less equally in the quality of being disadvantaged. That is obviously false.

Assigning qualities in a general way to a group of people on the basis of their so-called race is at the root of racist thinking.

We have to be able to discuss racial differences, without doing so, our brains will default to racism.

You seem to be presuming that they are teaching that ALL "white people" treat ALL "black people" unfairly, a claim that i don't believe there is any evidence for. This is a strawman argument.

Racial categories are perpetuated by generally naïve and sometimes insidious colorblind-utopian fantasies. Of course, i'm going by the sociology and psychology, not whatever pops into my mind.
 
Teaching children that some white people treated some black people unfairly is both accurate and absolutely essential for imparting historical truth.

Teaching children that "white people" as a category of humans have treated "black people" unfairly as a category of humans - and incidentally, little Johnny, YOU are one of the "white people" and your friend Bill is one of the "black people" - is another thing altogether.

The one is a statement of fact that we can learn from. The other amounts to perpetuation of racial categorization of humans. It is also depends on the concept that all "white" share more or less in the quality of being privileged and all "black" people share more or less equally in the quality of being disadvantaged. That is obviously false.

Assigning qualities in a general way to a group of people on the basis of their so-called race is at the root of racist thinking.

I'm presuming nothing about what they are teaching at that particular school. I'm discussing the issues raised by the story, whatever merit it has or lacks.

The difference between teaching that white people as a class benefit from privilege and saying that all white people benefit from privilege is small, especially to the mind of a school age child.

Your appeal to authority, a classic logical fallacy, is noted. For one thing, if a concept is illogical it doesn't matter how many authorities endorse it. The consensus has often been dead wrong. Second, you imply that psychologists and sociologists are saying the same thing about this, which I seriously doubt.
 
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

Actually, that's not true. Children aren't born racist they are both accepting all people and all things positive. It is all the stupidity the encounter that changes this. Car should stop talking and stop teaching acceptance and just let it happen.
 
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.
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/smh

Actually, that's not true. Children aren't born racist they are born accepting all people and all things positive. It is all the stupidity they encounter that changes this. We should stop talking and stop teaching acceptance and just let it happen.
 
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