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[Farb]

For all the things related to the Biden/Harris Administration and their latest hits and misses

https://www.dailywire.com/news/whit...gedly-sexually-harassing-threatening-reporter

Interesting story, looks like 'only the best people' didn't stop with the new administration.

 

[GMRfellowtraveller]

https://nypost.com/2021/03/07/education-dept-curbs-decision-on-race-based-affinity-groups/

So, can someone tell me how this is not considered racist?

Are you really asking bc you’ve finally realized that you don’t understand racism?

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

https://nypost.com/2021/03/07/education-dept-curbs-decision-on-race-based-affinity-groups/

So, can someone tell me how this is not considered racist?

Cute.

The DOE findings said the Evanston- Skokie School District violated civil rights law by:

— Separating administrators in a professional development training program in August, 2019 into two groups based on race — white and non-white.

— Offering various “racially exclusive affinity groups” that separated students, parents and community members by race.

— Implementing a disciplinary policy that included “explicit direction” to staffers to consider a student’s race when meting out discipline.

— Carried out a “Colorism Privilege Walk” that separated seventh and eight grade students into different groups based on race.

“If you are white take 2 steps forward. If you’re a person of color with dark skin, take 2 steps back. If you’re black, take 2 steps back,” the privilege walk exercise said..

The goal was for white students students to “learn more about white privilege, internalized dominance, microaggressions and how to act as an ally for students of color,” the lesson plan said.

But Ashely of the DOE concluded the school district “engaged in intentional race discrimination by coordinating and conducting racially exclusive affinity groups, which resulted in the separation of participants in district programs based on race in violation of the Title 6 regulation.”

So, trump's DoED defined an exercise in racial equity as a "race based affinity group" and attempted to shut it and any other similar exercises down.

I find this report completely lacking (to say the least) because it is based off of nothing at all. It cites a drafted letter by the former DoED OCR and it quotes a statement by a school district principle that the proceedings were suspended that was not verified with the DoED.

So, can you tell me why is it racist for schools to perform racial equity exercises?

 

[SaulGoodmanEsq]

https://nypost.com/2021/03/07/education-dept-curbs-decision-on-race-based-affinity-groups/

So, can someone tell me how this is not considered racist?

It's pretty racist and, overall, a hamfisted way to encourage legitimate discussion of racial inequality. Was the Biden administration right to kibosh the suit? Strictly speaking, probably not. However, is there a more nuanced way to address this? Yes.

Let's be clear, the concept of 'racism against white people' has never reached the depths of racism against minorities in this country. Not even close. This isn't Emmett Till or Fred Koramatsu we're talking about. That said, wacky classroom exercises like this only fuel the garbage narrative spewed by Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro that white people are being erased.

 

[MT15]

Somebody went and pissed Major off...

Biden’s German Shepherd has aggressive incident and is sent back to Delaware | CNN Politics

The two German Shepherds belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were returned to the Biden family home in Delaware last week after aggressive behavior at the White House involving Major Biden, two sources with knowledge tell CNN.

www.cnn.com

Here’s a little context on the “bite”

 

[GMRfellowtraveller]

So, can you tell me why is it racist for schools to perform racial equity exercises?

Is anyone free to answer this?

 

[donato]

Honestly- if no skin was even broken if I were that Secret Service guy I wouldn't have even reported it. That and the other "aggressive" behavior sounds like just playing to me. This sounds a little ridiculous. Maybe the Secret Service screening process should involve making sure candidates aren't afraid of domesticated dogs.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

Here’s a little context on the “bite”

There was less right-wing outrage when Trump was giving them all Covid.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Is anyone free to answer this?

Sure.

For me, I believe some of those exercises are just plain dumb and they tend to detract from the actual issues, but I fail to see them as racist. They are better, more productive ways of addressing certain issues other than attempting to make people feel guilty about who they are.

 

[GMRfellowtraveller]

Sure.

For me, I believe some of those exercises are just plain dumb and they tend to detract from the actual issues, but I fail to see them as racist. They are better, more productive ways of addressing certain issues other than attempting to make people feel guilty about who they are.

kinda tangential - but here's the mindfield that i've noticed
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - the 'Inclusion' belies a paradox
if there is not already Inclusion baked into your organization, then your organization is problematic
on the dl, what the organization wants is for the 'diversity' to adapt to the problematic structure (to put it bluntly - 'we want the PoC to learn how to operate in white organizational culture)
MOST organizations would have to go through radical structural change to accomplish any actual DEI work
but most leaders of those organizations just do not have the tools to even recognize the problematic structures at play
it's doomed to fail if the leaders who are tasked with maintaining the organizational dynamics are also the ones tasked with implementing structural change
so you're going to get DEI programs that have high 'it looks like we are trying to change' programs with very low 'we are changing' effects

 

[SFIDC3]

Honestly- if no skin was even broken if I were that Secret Service guy I wouldn't have even reported it. That and the other "aggressive" behavior sounds like just playing to me. This sounds a little ridiculous. Maybe the Secret Service screening process should involve making sure candidates aren't afraid of domesticated dogs.

I've been around many German Shepards, most recently my SIL had one from 2003 until he passed (sadly, too soon, RIP Thunder) in 2011. They are incredibly intelligent dogs that really, really like to play and sometimes play a bit rough. Thunder would often nip your hand to get your attention, I wonder if that is what Major was doing....

 

[Farb]

Are you really asking bc you’ve finally realized that you don’t understand racism?

Ouch

 

[Farb]

You guys do realize you are trying to defend a dog biting someone just because it is Biden's dog? I do find that comical.
It also find it comical that some people (on the right consider this a news story too)
Dogs bite people. It can be said that maybe that is why humans first domesticated the animal to begin with. The dog bit a stranger in an unfamiliar environment. Dogs will dogs, especially Shepard dogs. Honestly, who cares?

 

[Farb]

kinda tangential - but here's the mindfield that i've noticed
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - the 'Inclusion' belies a paradox
if there is not already Inclusion baked into your organization, then your organization is problematic
on the dl, what the organization wants is for the 'diversity' to adapt to the problematic structure (to put it bluntly - 'we want the PoC to learn how to operate in white organizational culture)
MOST organizations would have to go through radical structural change to accomplish any actual DEI work
but most leaders of those organizations just do not have the tools to even recognize the problematic structures at play
it's doomed to fail if the leaders who are tasked with maintaining the organizational dynamics are also the ones tasked with implementing structural change
so you're going to get DEI programs that have high 'it looks like we are trying to change' programs with very low 'we are changing' effects

Why is it problematic?
To whom is it problematic and there cannot be any punishment leveled at an organization that is not all aboard the DEI train?

 

[insidejob]

I've been around many German Shepards, most recently my SIL had one from 2003 until he passed (sadly, too soon, RIP Thunder) in 2011. They are incredibly intelligent dogs that really, really like to play and sometimes play a bit rough. Thunder would often nip your hand to get your attention, I wonder if that is what Major was doing....

They are amazing dogs when well trained. My uncle had one that was awesome but clicked out for a second once when I was a kid and jumped up at me and bit me. And trust me, when she did she wasn't just trying to get my attention. She didn't draw blood with her teeth but did scratch the shirt out of me and the growling was terrifying in and of itself.

Biden probably had to send his back home because of insurance reasons. Most insurance companies won't write liability on German Shepards (though some are starting to take them off of the ineligible breed list) and with it being the federal government, that's a hell of a law suit if the dog has a history of biting. I'm almost certain this was a lawyer's call, not Biden's.

 

[DaveXA]

kinda tangential - but here's the mindfield that i've noticed
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - the 'Inclusion' belies a paradox
if there is not already Inclusion baked into your organization, then your organization is problematic
on the dl, what the organization wants is for the 'diversity' to adapt to the problematic structure (to put it bluntly - 'we want the PoC to learn how to operate in white organizational culture)
MOST organizations would have to go through radical structural change to accomplish any actual DEI work
but most leaders of those organizations just do not have the tools to even recognize the problematic structures at play
it's doomed to fail if the leaders who are tasked with maintaining the organizational dynamics are also the ones tasked with implementing structural change
so you're going to get DEI programs that have high 'it looks like we are trying to change' programs with very low 'we are changing' effects

I'm having a hard time visualizing what you're suggesting. Maybe some examples would better illustrate what you're proposing?

 

[GMRfellowtraveller]

I'm having a hard time visualizing what you're suggesting. Maybe some examples would better illustrate what you're proposing?

not proposing anything really (this was more darkness cursing than candle lighting)
i'm saying that "inclusion" is the wrong approach bc you're bringing someone into a broken system instead of fixing the system
BUT
the fix would be something like (let's just use the NFL) get a 'representative sample' of your players, trainers, staff and coaches and invest them with real power over hire/fire/promotion/retention, et al practices
nobody in upper management or ownership has any veto power

 

[GMRfellowtraveller]

Why is it problematic?
To whom is it problematic and there cannot be any punishment leveled at an organization that is not all aboard the DEI train?

if it's not inclusive it's problematic

 

[Farb]

if it's not inclusive it's problematic

We have established that by the cudgel, but who decided it is problematic to begin with?