Parents' Rights advocates in Southington, Vermont are upset after a 10th grade English teacher in a local distributed a vocabulary packet to students titled “Vocabulary for conversations about race, gender, equality and inclusivity," which lectures students about their "white privilege."
Aside from what does any of that have to do with teaching an English class, the packet includes such things as
And
The parents scheduled a "Education, Not Indoctrination" rally for last night.
When asked about the protest, Southington Superintendent of Schools Steven Madancy said that "The district welcomes the involvement and voice of our families emphasizing the importance of respectful and civil discourse leading to optimal outcomes for all our students."
But not all educators agree.
Some are making it clear that the parents should butt out and mind their own business. That they are in charge of what their children learn in school and don't need anyone from outside sticking their noses into school business.
62 faculty from Southern Connecticut State University signed a letter declaring that the parents were threatening free speech and that the complaints were the equivalent to book burning.
That's mighty generous of them to concede that parents are permitted to talk about things in their own homes.
As for "refutes the claim that the teacher’s assignment was critical race theory," the NAACP Legal Defense Fund defines CRT as "an academic and legal framework that denotes that systemic racism is part of American society." Go back and look at the two boxed texts. Looks like that fits the criteria.
And, let's face it, considering the abysmal state of public education in America today, telling parents to shut up and to put all of their trust in the teachers actually being responsible in how they instruct their children, amounts to dereliction of parental duty.
It isn't that Families for Freedom are inflexible in what they are asking for, saying they aren't asking for the topic to be banned, but for it to be taught as theory, not fact -- which as the excerpts indicate, it is.
And again, why is this being taught in an English class in the first place?
Aside from what does any of that have to do with teaching an English class, the packet includes such things as
Racism is a systemic issue. If you look the other way or deny that these systems exist, you are part of the problem. You can know in your heart that you don’t hate anyone but still contribute to their oppression.
And
No individual is personally responsible for what white people have done or the historical decisions of the American government, but you are responsible for whether you are currently upholding the systems that elevate white people over people of color
The parents scheduled a "Education, Not Indoctrination" rally for last night.
When asked about the protest, Southington Superintendent of Schools Steven Madancy said that "The district welcomes the involvement and voice of our families emphasizing the importance of respectful and civil discourse leading to optimal outcomes for all our students."
But not all educators agree.
Some are making it clear that the parents should butt out and mind their own business. That they are in charge of what their children learn in school and don't need anyone from outside sticking their noses into school business.
62 faculty from Southern Connecticut State University signed a letter declaring that the parents were threatening free speech and that the complaints were the equivalent to book burning.
That's mighty generous of them to concede that parents are permitted to talk about things in their own homes.
As for "refutes the claim that the teacher’s assignment was critical race theory," the NAACP Legal Defense Fund defines CRT as "an academic and legal framework that denotes that systemic racism is part of American society." Go back and look at the two boxed texts. Looks like that fits the criteria.
And, let's face it, considering the abysmal state of public education in America today, telling parents to shut up and to put all of their trust in the teachers actually being responsible in how they instruct their children, amounts to dereliction of parental duty.
It isn't that Families for Freedom are inflexible in what they are asking for, saying they aren't asking for the topic to be banned, but for it to be taught as theory, not fact -- which as the excerpts indicate, it is.
And again, why is this being taught in an English class in the first place?
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