Posted on 11/18/2007 4:26:43 AM PST by Man50D
The Seattle School District has backtracked on a statement that racists are "whites" after "numerous concerns" were expressed over the description, according to the district's website.
A cached webpage of the Seattle District's page regarding "Equity & Race," had defined racism as: "The systematic subordination of members of targeted racial groups who have relatively little social power in the United States (Blacks, Latino/as, Native Americans, and Asians), by the members of the agent racial group who have relatively more social power (Whites). The subordination is supported by the actions of individuals, cultural norms and values, and the institutional structures and practices of society."
However, the change noted, "In response to the numerous concerns voiced regarding definitions posted on the Equity & Race website, we have decided to revise our website in a way that will hopefully provide more context to readers around the work that Seattle Public Schools is doing to address institutional racism. The intended purpose of our work in the area of race and social justice is to bring communities together through open dialogue and honest reflection around what is meant by racism and the impact is (sic) has on our society and more specifically, our students. Our intention is not to put up additional barriers or develop an 'us against them' mindset…"
The website also said it no longer is effective, or its desire "to hold onto unsuccessful concepts such as a melting pot or colorblind mentality."
The department is the same that issued a letter to staff members recently reminding them that Thanksgiving is a time of mourning for "Natives," and suggesting an exploration of an outside website for ways to "deconstruct" the holiday.
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Oh my. Do you mean that in these times there are actually people who will look at the skin color of a group of people and make ignorant generalizations? Why, I’m shocked, just shocked! Any day now, the Caucasian Anti-Defamation League will file a lawsuit. Any day now.
Every year, an Indian and a white guy cook up a great Thanksgiving dinner - turkey, venison, stuffing, potatoes, cake - at a local saloon here for all the people living alone. It’s free to anyone.
Racism at work.
The PC folks have been stymied by the minorities willingness to engage in racism. How can you condemn racism when your poor oppressed little “children” are engaging in it? So they have to redefine racism. What are you going to do when a black person uses the term “wetback”? Nothing. You just have to pretend it didn’t happen.
In the warped minds of the diversity crowd: hostility against white people isn’t racism—its long overdue payback!
The U may have “recanted” its position and may refrain from putting it in official publications but it will surely remain as a working definition.
It requires ending public school in the district.
In government schools, indoctrination is Number One. Education is a distant second.
Without school vouchers, the students have nothing.
Political correctionists run amok.
And please call them what they are. Political Correctionism used to be a plank in the communist platform, when communism failed the followers kept alive many of their favorite concepts and we all suffer now because of it.
If we borow their own tactics, and give PC a name then it allows us to demonize it; and if we can demonize it then we can kill it off.
These people are political correctionists and won’t be happy until everyone follows their multicultural diversity agenda.
You identified the problem. Socialized schooling is as bad as any other socialism. We should return to a free market school industry.
But too many people are willing to feed at the government trough and have their lifestyles subsidized by others rather than paying their own way.
“The department is the same that issued a letter to staff members recently reminding them that Thanksgiving is a time of mourning for “Natives.....”
.....hmmm....guess they were mourning the loss of the good old days...the days of incessant tribal warfare, torture & mutilation, cannibalism, slavery, horse thieving, drug use, abduction & rape, burning at the stake and human sacrifice...
This is classic bait and switch socialism. Feminism was never about equality, race baiters are never about equality.
It is all about disparite treatment for their groups.
NOTE FOLKS: The UN is SPECIFICALLY pushing the white is racist propaganda. Overseas there are left wing radicals who think all europeans should be sent “home to europe”.
It is worse than socialism ruin of the American public school system, it is the neo nazi indoctrination of Americans into a one world system run by government agents who intend to destroy all who oppose thier ungodly ways.
Christians and conservatives are their main target in their quest to destroy all that our Godly Christian forefathers fought to build and uphold, namely liberty, justice and the pursuit of happiness to all Americans.
The intolerant, lying, hateful self and others destructive leftists and rinos have made themselves enemies of tolerant peace loving Christians and conservative peoples.
Let God be true and every man a liar.
[It sounds like that would require removing the entire school board, all senior administrators, and a barrel full of teachers.]
What so many fail to recognize is that they are all part of the corrupt neo nazi system that destroys all of us and our children future.
You forgot to add Tandoori Chicken and Curried Lamb!
Right...and then where does everyone go from there? Is everyone on the planet to be sent back to a giant city block at the birth site of Adam and Eve? Ridiculous! God really wasn't very generous with the common sense when he gave birth to these geniuses.
Doesn't this mean that in any large city (New York, Detroit, Chicago, etc.) that ONLY blacks can be racist and whites are their victims?
Democrats itching for another civil war. If history is an indicator, the Democrats will make the first move, Republicans don’t have to do anything but wait.
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