Soeiro’s is a specific kind of list, for a specific kind of ultra-woke parent. … These are parents who, in Soeiro’s words, want their kids to be aware from a very young age of “the beautiful resilience of children who stand up to racism and oppression and for social justice and reform” and “children who are trying to connect with parents who are incarcerated simply because of their immigration status.”In other words, shove politics down the kids' throats right from the get-go. Pathetic.
Friday, October 13, 2017
FYI …
… A librarian called Dr. Seuss racist, but there's a progressive argument for reading his books to kids — Quartz. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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It's a wonderful approach for children who are subjected to racism once they leave the schoolroom doors. Progressives, liberals, nor conservatives made up racism. The idea that blacks and other "minorities" (everyone is in Cambridge, as in Lowell) ~~ the idea that people of color or who don't speak fluent English, should be picked on and assaulted is not a left or right political construct. It'snot about state power, or federal banking systems.
ReplyDeleteFamilies of minority children certainly cannot ignore the too-often deadly assault that their children will encounter. How can a school system ignore it? It's not great progress to say that they should, it's sad to say that some have to because of politics.
And if a responsible school system cannot ignore racism, how should they then deal with it? If it's a bad thing, then should we not make things better? Call this politics if you want, but it is survival to the victims of racism. To call it Progressive, means we are in Hell.
Someone at a baseball game, I think it was, held up a sign saying, "Please don't kill us." Is this all we should be teaching children, to say, "Please don't kill us," or "Please don't deport us," or "Please don't hit us with baseball bats," . . . etc.?
The first girl I ever danced with — in grade school, at a square dance — was a black girl, Dorothy Reynolds. Guess I came from a more sheltered environment.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I can provide a different sort of example. My mother, who was a kindergarten teacher on Long Island for almost all of her professional life, came home one day and told us about an incident in her classroom. A little girl, who had recently moved into the district from the South, joined the daily "circle" in which all the kids held hands. The girl, who must have been about five, was standing next to a black boy. She refused to take his hand.My mum said that she would never forget the downcast, ashamed look on that little boy's face.
DeleteShe spoke to each of the two separately, then the entire group.
We have ostensibly come a long way from the late fifties and early sixties, but there are times I'm glad my mum is no longer here to see how far we are now slipping.
I also woukdn’t want my kids indoctrinated by self-righteous social justice warriors. I’d rather have figure things out for themselves.
ReplyDeleteCareful, Frank. You are sounding dangerously self-righteous yourself.
DeleteMaybe we've all been sheltered, Soeiro included.
ReplyDeleteJust as parents, school teachers, librarians, principals and guidance counselors have a professional need to be more savvy about dealing with racism, here's an article by an African-American pediatrician: As an early intervention, pediatricians must talk to their patients about racism. That article has further links as well.