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How a kids playdate in Oakland became a flashpoint for racists.
SF Chronicle ^ | 3 Sep 2023 | Justin Phillips

Posted on 09/03/2023 7:54:11 PM PDT by Rummyfan

The equity and inclusion committee at Oakland’s Chabot Elementary School didn’t publish the emails and phone numbers of organizers when advertising its “playdate” for students of color on Aug. 26.

“Something told me not to do it,” said Briana, the co-chair of the committee who is Black, has a child who attends the school and asked that I not use her last name due to safety concerns. “Maybe it was my ancestors talking to me.”

Those ancestors must have known racism is still thriving in the nation. The Bay Area is no exception.

Two days after the playdate, hate mail, racist phone calls and bomb threats were sent to the school and several Oakland residents after extremists online deemed the event an affront to their delusional idea of equality. About 30 students and staff members were safely evacuated from the school before classes began. Parents dropping their kids off for school were told to go home. Police eventually swept the campus with bomb-detecting dogs but turned up nothing suspicious.

“Creating spaces for Black, brown and AAPI kids is seen as some kind of zero-sum game for people who are against it,” said Macheo Payne, a professor of social work at Cal State East Bay. “They ask where the white spaces are, which disregards how those spaces exist by default in society.”

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Whites not welcome but that's not racist oh no.

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"Racists tried to stop segregation that violates civil rights." is a fun one.

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COLUMN: "Racists tried to vilify an Oakland elementary school for organizing a playdate specifically for Black, Latino and AAPI families. Their hate reinforced the importance of these safe spaces," writes Justin Phillips.
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1 posted on 09/03/2023 7:54:11 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

What a bunch of sickos.


2 posted on 09/03/2023 8:04:05 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Rummyfan

AAPI?


3 posted on 09/03/2023 8:07:16 PM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength. )
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To: Rummyfan

They’re racist psychopaths declaring they’re perpetual victims. Their whole world is all about their skin color. It’s a shake down. These groups are mostly about trying to put dollars in their pockets. They simple ignore the fact there are black folk who are brain surgeons, senators, etc. They really do a disservice to blacks who’ve achieved.


4 posted on 09/03/2023 8:10:26 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Rummyfan

Kids see kids; they do not see race. They have to be taught to be racists, and they are being taught to be racists here.


5 posted on 09/03/2023 8:14:58 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( What did Obama know, and when did he know it? Did Obama know Biden was taking bribes?)
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To: Rummyfan

Who in the Hell cares about a playdate and so what if they want to be racist about it and exclude whites?


6 posted on 09/03/2023 8:16:42 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: sam_whiskey

All people of Asian, Asian American, or Pacific Islander ancestry.


7 posted on 09/03/2023 8:18:19 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Rummyfan
said Macheo Payne, a professor of social work at Cal State

So much of this Commie left jackassery is being orchestrated from these universities.

8 posted on 09/03/2023 8:19:01 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Rummyfan

This is actually good. Whites need to do the same and ignore the inevitable name-calling and smears from clowns at the ADL.


9 posted on 09/03/2023 8:22:31 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Our Greatest Ally Evah)
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To: Rummyfan

So an elementary school has an equity and inclusion committee? What? I’m sure the Bay Area media is desperately looking for a “Proud Boy” or Trump supporter to pin this one on.


10 posted on 09/03/2023 8:23:46 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: peggybac

The segregation within the POC has begun.


11 posted on 09/03/2023 8:25:48 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Rummyfan

So they want to bring segration back eh


12 posted on 09/03/2023 8:30:01 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: DennisR

>> What a bunch of sickos.

The race-baiting editors at the Chronicle?


13 posted on 09/03/2023 8:39:10 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: peggybac

Never heard that term before


14 posted on 09/03/2023 8:45:01 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Rummyfan
“They ask where the white spaces are, which disregards how those spaces exist by default in society.”

Bullcrap.

They and exclude minorities deliberately and see just how freely these alleged white spaces exist.

15 posted on 09/03/2023 8:45:57 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Gene Eric

Yep. Some people see racism regardless of whether it exists or not. They must live a miserable, pathetic existence.


16 posted on 09/03/2023 8:47:28 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Rummyfan

This is racist. And I don’t see how it’s legal either since it’s being done by the school. Shame on them.


17 posted on 09/03/2023 9:03:31 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: peggybac; Irish Eyes; sam_whiskey
AAPI--All people of Asian, Asian American, or Pacific Islander ancestry.

So if you live on Balboa Island or Lido Island in Newport Harbor, Calif., which are high-rent mostly white communities, you could call yourself an AAPI and get all sorts of government favors as part of an officially recognized oppresed minority group.

18 posted on 09/03/2023 9:15:04 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: dragnet2

Like Ben Carson, Morgan Freeman, Tim Scott, Candace Owens, Kanye West and James Earl Jones.


19 posted on 09/03/2023 9:25:10 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Rummyfan

Somehow very much doubt that the people who complained about this event were members of the very small remaining white community that uses Oakland’s public schools. This reaction came from within the communities that were once rightly called minorities but now are the majority within Oakland. Suburban and ex urban whites would not be aware or the truth be told not care about such an event. That fact is probably what bothers the people of Oakland more than anything. Suspect these threats were political theatre.


20 posted on 09/03/2023 9:34:46 PM PDT by allendale
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