Office of race propaganda gets dumped

Seattle Post Intelligencer ^ | May 10, 2008 | David Horsey

[Sicvee]

Two cheers to the Seattle School District for eliminating its Office of Equity, Race and Learning Support.

I'll award the third cheer if a district spokesman's contention that this move is purely a budgetary fix turns out to be a glossing over of the truth. I hope the real story is that someone in charge came to their senses and realized the Office of Equity, Race and Learning Support would have been better titled the Office of Race Propaganda, White Guilt and Bogus Sociology.

The director of the office, Caprice Hollins, gained notoriety for a variety of offensive acts. Most noted was the page she put up on the district's web site that asserted Seattle's public schools bought into the belief that such things as planning for the future, emphasizing individualism and defining standard English were examples of cultural racism. Last year, Hollins got more heat for sending a memo to teachers that declared "Thanksgiving is a time of mourning." She sent along a list of myths about Thanksgiving, some of which were truly myths, others of which were debatable points of history; a list which, if one is going to get into the details of the cultural collision between European settlers and Native Americans, was distinctly incomplete....more http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/davidhorsey/archives/138608.asp

[Sicvee]

Horsey, whose cartoon caricatures of right wing and left wing stereotypes has some resonance, seems to be wandering off the liberal plantation here. Good for him!

[aliquando]

THis really happened in Seattle? WOW!

[popdonnelly]

“Office of Equity, Race and Learning Support”

Can anyone tell me from the title what this office is, and what it is supposed to do?

How much did this office cost the taxpayers of Seattle?

[popdonnelly]

The Nazis had “Race” offices, too.

[M1911A1]

Only because the school district is desperate money due to lib mismanagement. The program was so obviously bad that when the ax fell, the libs now trumpet it as a sign that they are really moderate and mainstream.

It is like a stinking drunk who drops his bottle and loudly declares this shows he can give up the booze at any time, as he reaches for his hip flask.

[aliquando]

Thanks for the info. Our parents would stop paying their property taxes if we had such a thing! So would I!

[Robert357]

I have been horrified by these folks at the Seattle Public School System. Because, I couldn't believe what I heard on talk radio, I actually when to the website several times over the past few years.

The all time most shocking one was the list of racist attributes that some were trying to force upon children of color. They included what is in the article: planning for the future, emphasizing individualism and defining standard English were examples of cultural racism.

It was like children of color don't need to do homework, obey rules or try to graduate as those are things to oppress them. I always wondered how someone in the education system could feel good about not preparing kids for a better life in the future, but for failure in society. Then I realized these were leftist democrats.

[driftless2]

Everything created by liberals is virtually guaranteed to be worthless horse manure. These kinds of racial guilt panels are what is to be expected with the election of Obama. “Just how racist are you white people?” will be their themes. Just imagine Ward Churchill or Al Sharpton in charge.