Critical race theory (1 Viewer)

[DaveXA]

Frankly, I'm completely ignorant when it comes to the Critical Race Theory curriculum. What is it, where does it come from, and is it legitimate? Has anyone here read it and maybe give a quick summary?

If this has been covered in another thread, then I missed it.

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Optimus Prime]

Books about Race? No Good

Books about Gays? No Good

Book about King Donald? Should be read by every child in America
============================================

Former President Donald Trump is peddling a children’s book written by a former member of his administration that stars “King Donald” and reimagines a kingdom where the “Russionians” weren’t a factor in the 2016 election.

Now Trump wants to distribute the book to children across the land. “Let’s put this amazing book in every school in America,” Trump posted on Truth Social last week.

…Let’s put this amazing book in every school in America. Big tech should not get to suppress the truth. Click here to buy: https://t.co/y4wL8d2WWj
— Donald J. Trump (from TRUTH.) (@DJTrumpOnTRUTH) June 1, 2022

“The Plot Against the King” was written by Republican and Trump loyalist Kash Patel, the former president’s hand-picked Pentagon chief of staff.

Conservative publisher Brave Books is presenting the work as both fairytale and fact. It calls the book a “fantastical retelling of the terrible true story.”

“A key player in uncovering one of our nation’s biggest injustices tells the whole story — for kids! Kash Patel ..... brings a fantastical retelling of Hillary’s horrible plot against Trump to the whole family,” says a statement by the publisher. Patel says in his own statement that he believes it’s important for people to know the “truth” in the fairytale.

The book focuses on an evil plot by mean “Hillary Queenton” and her “shifty knights” to reveal that King Donald was working with the “Russionians” to cheat his way into the Oval Office. Patel himself appears in the book as a “wizard” who attempts to prove King Donald was wrongly accused.............

Trump Wants Children's Book Defending 'King Donald' In 'Every School In America'

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[zztop]

"involuntary relocation" just like the trail of tears!

 

[zztop]

some good news, for once

State education board members push back on proposal to use “involuntary relocation” to describe slavery

The Texas State Board of Education is fielding proposals to update the state’s public school social studies curriculum this summer.

www.texastribune.org

 

[MT15]

From the “Duh!” File, Florida edition:

 

[Optimus Prime]

More on "involuntary relocation"

Love the Superman line
=========================
If this group allowed “involuntary relocation” to reach the public, that makes me wonder what they’ll come up with next.

Then again, Texas is where a ninth-grade social studies textbook rebranded the enslaved as immigrant workers, in a caption that read: “The Atlantic Slave Trade between the 1500s and 1800s brought millions of workers from Africa to the southern United States to work on agricultural plantations.” Because slavery wasn’t an inhumane institution; it was hundreds of years of employment opportunities in a foreign country.

The Lone Star State also had a fourth-grade history book that bragged about Texas’ population growth in the 1840s. It failed to mention who the immigrants were.

So at least “involuntary relocation” suggests a conflict of some sort.

As shocking as the attempted euphemism may be, the truth is Texas has been in the game of whitewashing its racial history for so long it’s possible some of these elected officials don’t know what they don’t know............

Today, Texas educators are spending part of their summer trying to figure out a way to make slavery sound even less awful because Republican lawmakers are afraid white children are going to feel bad when they learn the truth. Those aren’t just my thoughts but the message of Rep. Steve Toth, a member of the Texas House of Representatives who wrote the bill opposing critical race theory and forcing more whitewashing of Texas history.

“We don’t need to burden our kids with guilt for racial crimes they had nothing to do with,” he said.

I love it when the villain starts to monologue. Makes figuring out their diabolical plans so much easier.

Toth’s assumption is white children will be prone to identify more with the white enslavers and enablers than with the white abolitionists who risked their lives fighting to free those held captive. It’s quite a disheartening view of future generations.

Pick any era — from the Civil War to Reconstruction to the civil rights movement to whatever the hell we’re living through today — and with each turn of history’s page there are countless examples of white people fighting systemic racism. Heroes worthy of honoring and remembering in the history we teach our children.

That’s the history Toth is afraid might be taught.

His response is like banning Superman comic books for fear kids might feel guilty after learning about Lex Luthor...........

Granderson: Texas keeps trying to make slavery sound less slaveryish

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Optimus Prime]

States That Have Banned Critical Race Theory 2022

 

[Optimus Prime]

I think taking a term away and turning it into a negative is something the right does very well. Social justice is one.

Woke is another - when I first became aware of the term people would proudly claim to be 'woke'

It's probably literally been years since I've heard the word used as anything other than a putdown

Once upon a time, many decades ago, "woke" was a term used mostly in Black spaces to underscore the importance of keeping a close eye on patterns of racism and oppression.

Language evolves, though, and sometimes in sinister ways.

Over the years, "woke" has lived other lives: as a rallying cry against police brutality, as an ironic meme and now as an imprecise term used to decry progressive action.

Consider that, just this month, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' Stop WOKE Act went into effect. Among other things, the legislation is designed to quash instruction about race in schools and in the workplace……

What are some of the earliest instances of people using "woke"?

One of the earliest uses of "woke" in the adjectival form with which many people are familiar was in William Melvin Kelley's 1962 New York Times op-ed, "If You're Woke You Dig It."

"Woke" is tied to the idea of specific awareness of mechanisms of anti-Blackness. It's more about the directive to be awake. In the philosophy and opinions of Marcus Garvey published in 1923, we see the phrase, "Wake up Ethiopia! Wake up Africa! And let us work towards the one glorious end of a free, redeemed and mighty nation."…….

Analysis: How 'woke' went from a social justice term to a pejorative favored by some conservatives

Once upon a time, many decades ago, "woke" was a term used mostly in Black spaces to underscore the importance of keeping a close eye on patterns of racism.

www.cnn.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

From couple years ago
====================

..........Teaching the actual history of slavery does not necessitate skewing, omitting, or lying about what happened in this country; it takes only an exploration of the primary source documents to give one a sense of what it was and the legacy that it has left.

All teachers need to do to help their students understand the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade is have them spend time with the writings of people who experienced it firsthand.

“I was soon put down under the decks, and there I received such a salutation in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life: so that, with the loathsomeness of the stench, and crying together, I became so sick and low that I was not able to eat,” wrote the formerly enslaved Olaudah Equiano in his 1789 autobiography.

“The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us. This produced copious perspirations, so that the air soon became unfit for respiration, from a variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves, of which many died.”

A teacher does not need to lie about the Confederacy being founded on the principles of intergenerational torture and human bondage when the Confederates said as much in their declarations of secession:

“The people of the slave holding States are bound together by the same necessity and determination to preserve African slavery,” stated Louisiana.

“Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery—the greatest material interest of the world,” stated Mississippi.

“The election of Mr. Lincoln cannot be regarded otherwise than a solemn declaration, on the part of a great majority of the Northern people, of hostility to the South, her property and her institutions,” stated Alabama, “consigning her citizens to assassinations, and her wives and daughters to pollution and violation, to gratify the lust of half-civilized Africans.”

“The servitude of the African race, as existing in these States,” stated Texas, “is mutually beneficial to both bond and free, and is abundantly authorized and justified by the experience of mankind, and the revealed will of the Almighty Creator.”.........

If students don’t learn about the history of slavery, then they might believe that the Electoral College is a benign institution predicated on establishing democratic fairness for Americans across the country.

They might grow up to believe that the enormous wealth gap between Black and white Americans is simply a result of one group working harder than another.

They might think that our prison system looks the way it does because Black people are inherently more violent........

Telling the Truth About Slavery Is Not ‘Indoctrination’

Our country is made better, not worse, by young people reckoning with the full legacy of the institution.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

another article about 'racist roads' and another example of how racism can and does have an impact in ways you would even think of
=============================================================================

The last road 50-year-old Ricardo Valdez ever walked along had only two lanes, but the speed limit was 55 mph. There were no street lights to illuminate his way and no sidewalks for him on that cold, midwestern January night......

American roads are being plagued with a perplexing uptick in deaths, including increasing pedestrian fatalities. But new data shows those deaths are disproportionally affecting Black and Hispanic American pedestrians and bikers.

Published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on June 7, a recent study found that mile-for-mile, walking and biking are drastically more deadly activities for Black and Hispanic Americans compared to white Americans.

Cycling is 4.5 times more deadly and walking is 2.2 times for Black people on American streets as compared to white people, the data says.

Ernani Choma, one of the study’s authors and a research fellow in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard Chan School, said the study didn't set out to prove what was causing the trend

"It's very troubling that we see these disparities, but we're not able to pinpoint what is the one thing, or the most important things that are causing them," he said. "But we think that it's probably very related to infrastructure investments."

But experts in pedestrian and road safety told USA TODAY the study's data makes sense when viewed as part of a larger trend: Pedestrians are put at risk by high-speed roads built with little regard for anything but the cars passing through.

And in many cases, those roads split Black and Hispanic communities, endangering residents trying to navigate their own neighborhoods.

Traffic death disparity data shows a concerning problem​

Researchers have long known about racial disparities in pedestrian deaths, but the new study makes the magnitude of the problem clearer.

Matthew Raifman, the study's co-author and a doctoral candidate at Boston University School of Public Health, said previous studies didn't take into account how often and far people walked.

“When you adjust for these different levels of activity by race and ethnicity, the disparities are actually even larger than we previously thought,” Raifman said. “Because we're accounting for the fact that different race groups tend to walk and bike different miles per year.”...........

But multiple experts told USA TODAY that the roads themselves were likely a big part of the problem as well.

Roads themselves can't be racist — they're just slabs of asphalt, according to Steve Davis, Assistant Vice President of transportation strategy at Smart Growth America, a nonprofit dedicated to equitable transportation development. But they are designed by people and reflect systems that can be biased, he said..............

MSN

 

[SystemShock]

another article about 'racist roads' and another example of how racism can and does have an impact in ways you would even think of
=============================================================================

The last road 50-year-old Ricardo Valdez ever walked along had only two lanes, but the speed limit was 55 mph. There were no street lights to illuminate his way and no sidewalks for him on that cold, midwestern January night......

American roads are being plagued with a perplexing uptick in deaths, including increasing pedestrian fatalities. But new data shows those deaths are disproportionally affecting Black and Hispanic American pedestrians and bikers.

Published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on June 7, a recent study found that mile-for-mile, walking and biking are drastically more deadly activities for Black and Hispanic Americans compared to white Americans.

Cycling is 4.5 times more deadly and walking is 2.2 times for Black people on American streets as compared to white people, the data says.

Ernani Choma, one of the study’s authors and a research fellow in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard Chan School, said the study didn't set out to prove what was causing the trend

"It's very troubling that we see these disparities, but we're not able to pinpoint what is the one thing, or the most important things that are causing them," he said. "But we think that it's probably very related to infrastructure investments."

But experts in pedestrian and road safety told USA TODAY the study's data makes sense when viewed as part of a larger trend: Pedestrians are put at risk by high-speed roads built with little regard for anything but the cars passing through.

And in many cases, those roads split Black and Hispanic communities, endangering residents trying to navigate their own neighborhoods.

Traffic death disparity data shows a concerning problem​

Researchers have long known about racial disparities in pedestrian deaths, but the new study makes the magnitude of the problem clearer.

Matthew Raifman, the study's co-author and a doctoral candidate at Boston University School of Public Health, said previous studies didn't take into account how often and far people walked.

“When you adjust for these different levels of activity by race and ethnicity, the disparities are actually even larger than we previously thought,” Raifman said. “Because we're accounting for the fact that different race groups tend to walk and bike different miles per year.”...........

But multiple experts told USA TODAY that the roads themselves were likely a big part of the problem as well.

Roads themselves can't be racist — they're just slabs of asphalt, according to Steve Davis, Assistant Vice President of transportation strategy at Smart Growth America, a nonprofit dedicated to equitable transportation development. But they are designed by people and reflect systems that can be biased, he said..............

MSN

Hmmm...

There is a beltway around my hometown. At certain intervals, there are pedestrian bridges that people can use to safely cross the beltway. Most people, however, choose not to use the bridges; it seems every week, someone gets run over. Matter of fact, I almost ran someone over this past Tuesday, who was in a group of 5 trying to cross, coming out from behind a bush.

I get that some areas in the U.S. are less developed than others (no sidewalks, no lighting, etc), most likely due to red lining, but at the same time, people have to be a bit aware of your environment and follow common sense.

 

[BullSheetBuddha]

Hmmm...

...................................

I get that some areas in the U.S. are less developed than others (no sidewalks, no lighting, etc), most likely due to red lining, but at the same time, people have to be a bit aware of your environment and follow common sense.

Including drivers.

 

[SystemShock]

Including drivers.

Sure, but that doesn't excuse pedestrians from mindlessness.

Here is another: about 2-3 years ago, a friend of mine killed a pedestrian. The man decided to jaywalk without looking first.

Again, I get that in some places there are no sidewalks and the lighting is bad, and that in many places it is the result of red lining, but those conditions aren't exclusive of poor areas. I lived in a very good neighborhood in Winston Salem (Buena Vista for those who know the area) and there were no sidewalks either on my block and many blocks around me, and the street lighting was really bad.

But as a pedestrian, and this is what I tell my kids, you have to be aware of 1 thing: you vs car, car wins... so even when you have the right of way, look both ways; always walk against traffic to see what's coming; walk on the side where car are parked; things like that.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Sure, but that doesn't excuse pedestrians from mindlessness.

Here is another: about 2-3 years ago, a friend of mine killed a pedestrian. The man decided to jaywalk without looking first.

Again, I get that in some places there are no sidewalks and the lighting is bad, and that in many places it is the result of red lining, but those conditions aren't exclusive of poor areas. I lived in a very good neighborhood in Winston Salem (Buena Vista for those who know the area) and there were no sidewalks either on my block and many blocks around me, and the street lighting was really bad.

But as a pedestrian, and this is what I tell my kids, you have to be aware of 1 thing: you vs car, car wins... so even when you have the right of way, look both ways; always walk against traffic to see what's coming; walk on the side where car are parked; things like that.

It is amazing how many people take the “pedestrians always have the right of way" to heart

What happened to, “stop, look both ways then cross”?

They teach you that in kindergarten

 

[Optimus Prime]

On Thursday, the Pensacola News Journal reported that that a public school teacher in Escambia County, Florida resigned after a school employee removed his classroom photos of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and abolitionist Harriett Tubman.

"The teacher, Michael James, emailed a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis and Escambia County Superintendent Tim Smith in which he wrote that a district employee removed pictures of historic Black American heroes from his classroom walls, citing the images as being 'age inappropriate,'" reported Colin Warren-Hicks. "Images that were removed from the bulletin board at O.J. Semmes Elementary School included depictions of Martin Luther King Jr., Harriett Tubman, Colin Powell and George Washington Carver, James said."

"It really floored me," said James. "I've been teaching special education for 15 years, and it just really floored me when she did that."..........

Florida teacher resigns after his photos of MLK and Harriett Tubman were deemed 'age inappropriate'

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

So the crazies think MLK, Tubman, Powell, GWC are CRT.. Its about par fo rthe course. I am sure Farb agrees with it too...