"Students study speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King
and Malcolm X and invite local community leaders to speak in the class.
They are prompted to talk honestly about racism, class disparity, and
privilege in their day-to-day lives at the start of every session. Assignments include analyzing “the way media and society fetishize both women and people of color.”
But the provocative discussions that Meyer found so revelatory
abruptly ended a few months ago when a female white student accused the
teacher of creating an “intimidating educational environment.”
The Seattle School Board agreed and have decided to transfer
Greenberg to another school next year. The board also banned future use
of the Courageous Conversations teaching method employed by Greenberg to
address issues of race and gender.
The structure of the curriculum has been an integral part of Greenberg’s class for the last decade."
Can you say "white privilege" boys and girls, cause one little white girl just used hers to get this whole class one social justice cancelled.
1 comment:
I am really worried about our country. The right wing (tea party mostly)is clinging to the bad old days and is worried because they don't want their way of life to change but I am worried because we have a small percentage controlling things like policy in schools. Cry loud enough that you feel intimated and if you are white you will get your way. Small town America is starting to feel like Apartheid where a minority can control policy which is ironic considering we are in what is being called the "browning of America".
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