‘I Felt It Was Indoctrination’: Public High School Under Fire for Allegedly Teaching ‘White Privilege’
A Wisconsin school district is under fire after a parent exposed the content of a diversity class that allegedly promotes a critical race theory, teaching students that white people are oppressors and enjoy “white privilege,” Fox News’ Todd Starnes first reported.
Students at Delavan-Darien High School in Delavan, Wis. found themselves subjected to “indoctrination,” according to one parent.
“They’re teaching white guilt,” the parent, who asked not to be identified, told Fox News. “They’re dividing the students. They’re saying to non-whites, ‘You have been oppressed and you’re still being oppressed.’”
The parent’s 18-year-old son was reportedly enrolled in the class and some of the handouts provided by the teacher concerned her. She said it felt like “indoctrination.”
“This is a radical left agenda and ideology that is now embedded in our school,” she said, adding that students were taught “if you’re white, you’re oppressing. If you’re non-white, you’ve been a victim.”
Fox News has more:
According to handouts obtained by Fox News, “white privilege” was defined as “a set of advantages that are believed to be enjoyed by white people beyond those commonly experienced by non-white people in the same social, political, and economic spaces (nation, community, workplace, income, etc.)”
Students were also given a handout from University of Texas professor Robert Jensen arguing that people don’t have complete control over their fate.
“There is not space here to list all the ways in which white privilege plays out in our lives, but it is clear that I will carry this privilege with me until the day white supremacy is erased from society,” he wrote.
Students were also instructed to visit the toy aisle at Wal-Mart for a hands-on illustration of white privilege.
“They were told to go and count the number of dolls that were representative of blacks as opposed to whites,” the parent said. “It’s meant to divide and victimize non-whites and condition whites to feel guilty and to be more passive.”
The mother brought the objectionable material to school officials and also Superintendent Robert Crist.
Crist told Fox News that the mother’s “concern has merit.”
“A lot of red flags go up in my mind when I look at the materials,” he said.
He went on: “Ideally, you would want to present one theory that might be way on the left and another theory that may be way on the right and if you find one in the middle you can present that, too…Now you have a well-rounded discussion in my opinion.”
The course will not be taught again until the school district evaluates the course and its teachings, Crist said.
At the same time, Crist explained he doesn’t think the teacher intentionally tried to indoctrinate students.
“I’m out of an old-fashioned school,” he added. “I believe in helping kids understand the basic objectives of curriculum and not use some radical material to get a student to support some kind of a special theory.”
The parent is not as understanding. She told Fox News that her son got a job washing dishes over the summer and sometimes worked 10 hours a day.
“And then to have a teacher tell you that you have these unearned privileges — that because you are white somehow you infringe on other people’s rights. It’s really just awful.”
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ChuckJ
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:44pmHome schooling………….enough said.
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sta
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:04pmAmen
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americanfirst
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:23pmThey don’t care because…they still get your taxes. You want to win – remove the implements by which the subjugate you.
Remove the children.
Remove the taxes.
Remove the currency or
Remove the perpetrators…
dissolve some unions, fire those teachers and recall those legislators!!
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AUsername
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:34pmSome student needs to JERK here lol.
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Al Gator
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:41pmThis is just more fartgas from the “fear whitey” crowd. They suffer from terminal white envy. Western civilization brought the whole world with them into modernity. Some people just CAN’T reckon with that, and the hatred rots their stomachs.
( I trust some clown will claim this was achieved on the “backs of slaves.” Balderdash and Falderal!)
So, this whole infantile “white privilege” nonsense was cooked up by those same white hating racists and other assorted bigots, to excuse and explain away certain people’s INABILITY to produce and achieve.
When I point out that Japan never “suffered” from white privilege, I get blank stares. Then I remind folks, the Japanese went from stone cold feudal to taking on the greatest power on earth, in less than 100 years. From the Meiji restoration in the mid 1860′s to Pearl Harbor wasn’t even 100 years.
Japanese attitude? If white folks can do it, so can we. The Emperor decreed that Japan will be a mighty power, and just damn, look what they did. And that was IN SPITE of some of the most harsh racism at the time that anyone could ever imagine.
If you CAN’T MAKE IT, don’t blame whitey, just go look in the mirror.
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ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:18pm@al gator,
When the Japanese were on the deck of the mighty mo to sign their surrender, one Japanese aid remarked later after glancing around at the immense size of the Missouri, the men hanging from every deck level and the gleaming gold they wore on their uniforms. He said, How did Japan ever expect that they could overcome such a powerful people.
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Advection
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:28pmHome schooling is currently the only way to avoid this fascist, racist indoctrination, but I predict people will have to emigrate. Soon almost anywhere will soon be preferable to here.
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starman70
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:50pmThat is if Obama allows it.
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desertspeaks
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 9:00pmit’s just easier to teach people that they are victims rather than trying to teach someone useful skills that will serve them their entire lives.
teaching useful skills like reading, writing, math, science, literature to a bunch of self indulgent welfare babies “who don’t want to learn” who have been taught from the cradle that they are victims and find reinforcement in their school curriculum only serves to buttress their SELF IMPOSED VICTIMIZATION!
It’s easy to be a victim. the horror is finding out that it takes HARD WORK to be successful! and sadly you actually have to apply yourself..
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YourArgumentIsInvalid
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 9:26pmthree things.
1.) is hyperbole really the correct response to this? I see nothing in this article that states anything other than the fact that white people have it better in this country, which is statistically proven by the prison population, the cocaine/crack disparity in terms of drugs and drug use. almost a hundred years of slavery… and the list goes on. Should we stop teaching about slavery in schools? I am glad that her son washed dishes for a summer, but that is anecdotal, not proof of equal opportunity. I could cite the fact that every time I get off a bus in Spanish Harlem, the bus driver refers to me a pioneer, (I am white) that too is anecdotal and does not prove a thing. Stastics however do:
Breast cancer rate higher in Black women due to lack of proper care (CDC):
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6145a5.htm?s_cid=mm6145a5_w
2.) Have we really reached the stage were merely admitting that all things being equal being born white is a little easier than being born black in this country? No one, in this article at least, is suggesting reparations. Merely an acknowledgement.
3.) I think the problem with the right is they view any conversation to be a debate on the “equality of outcome” not the “equality of opportunity.” The suggestion is not that we should all end up the same, but that we should have the same chance to succeed.
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sillyfreshness
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:01pmThe one dimensional racist PC Bolsheviks have taken over the school system to brainwash and indoctrinate them. Whitey bad, darkie good. These schools don’t even teach kids how to write in cursive anymore. Why? Because it’s a wast of time. It takes away time from indoctrinating them about race and racism. Now they just teach them how to use a calculator instead of teaching them how to do math. These commie teachers are enemies of this country.
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sillyfreshness
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:04pmThe one dimensional racist PC Bolsheviks have taken over the school system to brainwash and indoctrinate them. Whitey bad, darkie good. These schools don’t even teach kids how to write in cursive anymore. Why? Because it’s a wast of time. It takes away time from indoctrinating them about race and racism. Now they just teach them how to use a calculator instead of teaching them how to do math. These commie teachers are enemies of this country
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tradcatholicgirl
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:12pmHomeschool.
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Independent4233
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:21pm“……..a parent exposed the content of a diversity class that allegedly promotes a critical race theory, teaching students that white people are oppressors and enjoy “white privilege,”
This kind of curriculum can be found in many schools, most especially the universities. There’s nothing unusual about it. It amounts to nothing less than rabid white hate, a lot of which is promoted by self-hating whites.
That someboidy is just now bringing this to light as if it’s some new revelation is more newsworthy than the anti-white hatred itself. It’s rife throughout the school system. Some of it has even found its way into private schools.
“At the same time, Crist explained he doesn’t think the teacher intentionally tried to indoctrinate students.”
Is this clown for real? Does he truly expect sane, intelligent people to believe that?
Obviously he’s received the same programming as the depraved dork who wants white kids to feel ashamed and hate themselves, their parents and family and their race.
It’s not going to stop.
Personally, I believe this entire three ring circus is too far beyond repair, and the only sensible solution is assymetrical conflict and civil war, until there is no viable force to oppose secession.
But the good news is that we won’t have to really lift a finger to eventually get what we want, because financial collapse is very near. The debt to GDP is growing rapidly, with inflation and a falling dollar on the horizon.
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milez5
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 3:44amWhat a shame though that we must pay for public schools and then be forced to educate our children at home. We need to take this seriously and find a way to purge the schools of these far left loons that took them over in the 1960′s. Education is about “molding young minds” and we need to take serious issue with what they are being molded into.
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pavepaws
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:56pmJensen is a journalism professor. Go figure.
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OniKaze
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:38pmOpps… My post above (or below) went to the wrong story… That was meant for the “Obama Phone Lady” Story…
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OniKaze
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:37pmI don’t know anything about Alex Jones (as I don’t listen to him) but everyone on here is saying that he is crazy and irrelevant and that no-one should listen to him for being a kook…
Well, My Friends… If you ask a Crazy Person what color the sky is, and they say, “Blue” are the wrong because they are crazy?? No… They are right, in spite of the fact of being crazy…
Like him or hate him for being Crazy, but even crazy people get things right from time to time.. And this time…. Mr. Jones is right…
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justangry
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:19pmI often wonder if he isn’t too quick to run with bogus information. That being said, everyone that I’ve seen say bad things about him here never offer any specifics to back up their claims. I think it’s worth hearing what he has to say. If for no other reason is he’ll throw the BS flag when the folks running the government overstep their bounds while the others give them a pass to do whatever they please to us. The NDAA is a perfect example. AJ is all over stuff like that. Every other organization doesn’t feel it’s relevant enough to educate their customers. I still can’t believe how many people still think we have the right to a trial.
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gz22ll
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:47pmAlex Jones is the original 9/11 was an inside job guy. He has been pushing that since day one.
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Walkabout
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:14pmSomeone said the the 3 letter agencies in the government leak information, let people run with it for a while & then publish the real information. They do so in an attempt to disqualify social commentators.
Information has to be vetted so that this does not work.
I believe the obama camp withheld his certificate of live birth not so much out of principle but to get people pi$$ed off & see how many they could rope a dope. They could have released it a year earlier or 2 years earlier. they wanted people madder than heII until they started farming at the mouth
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drs1969
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 9:27pmBirth Certificate was fake. It was released and then, immediately, Osama bin Laden’s killing was faked to distract everyone. Look at the timing. Even Trump, who got it all going, has questioned OBL’s death. He knows he was conned.
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donaldchar
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:35pmWhat’s wrong with the plain truth? Why hear the president pitch “unity” and proceed to divide people along any feasible lines? Whose business is it if our children have dolls of various pigmentations? Why do so many fellow-Americans not have a life? Why was their schooling such of waste of – years? Anybody in the DOE care, anyway? Hello!
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jungle J
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:35pmonly the mentally unstable haters can develop this lie…if you fear minorities are against you you are smart.
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Metallicat
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:34pmI remember when our school offered civil war history as a course,and students taking it were branded racists for wanting to learn the truth, instead of accepting the narrative that slavery was the core issue that led to the war. in essence branded racists,for not accepting the “white guilt” narrative,that is commonly taught as the reasons for the war in our basic history classes.
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GuruMeditation
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:33pmPretty damned sad.
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Youngamericangirl
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:33pmMy mother works at a bank. A few years ago one of her customers was a young black woman from Jamaica, I think it was, who had come to the United States to attend school. She started going to the local college and had to take an ethics class. My mom said she was a really sweet girl. Well one day she came in and was kind of upset. She told my mom that in the ethics class they were teaching people that if you are a white student and you make good grades and then there is a black student who is making bad grades, the black student still stands more of a chance of getting into college because the color of their skin. The woman was upset because she said it, “Wasn’t right what they were teaching.”
So I should be surprised by this story, but sadly I’m not. Racism is still present in our country.
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doh.pay.attention
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:09pmSadly, racism is present in every country in the world. True story: In college I worked part-time for an economics professor doing data entry for various studies. One day (1994) he showed me a letter he had received from the university concerning his department. The letter said that although the university was not currently hiring in that department, if an application was received from a qualified minority applicant, a position would be created in order to hire that applicant. This country, unlike most others, has gone to great lengths to eliminate institutionalized racism, to the point of creating reverse racism. I have a bi-racial son who is now in his 30′s. We live in the south. I never witnessed either him or his mother treated in a way that would suggest racism. Neither he nor his mother has ever expressed to me that they have ever been treated differently in a negative way because of the color of their skin. Others may have had different experiences, but at some point, life is what you make it. Especially in the USA.
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OldSurfRat
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:28pmAhhh race diversity. Gotta love it!
I judge a person by their character not their race. Race diversity alone is a racist title.
So with that I say kiss my white privileged a$$.
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toiletclogga
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:56pmYup, knock down one race so you can try to bring up another race. This is BS. White America is really undergoing fundamental transformation. l believe it starts with inundating white America with African American pop culture, and attitudes. Keep telling a kid who wants to get along that his ideas, and family life breed racism, and he/she will believe it. I beleive we are currently approaching the point of no return where white America will cease to be the power driving America’s greatness. Call that statement racist, however, I’ll refer to it as realism.
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welovetheUSA
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:21pmThe poor will always be poor…….the middle class and upper class support and pay for all government programs…..tear down the middle class….you have the poor being more poor and the government unable to pay workers and bills and services…then you get the Obama king ruling over all and doing what all communist do…….The good news…….communist always over play their hands…the ground work cannot be done in 4 years and they cannot kill off 80 million people like they want to do. The shools are trying to educate you children to hate their country and their skin color..its all part of the communist white house-union plan to brain wash the young.
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BryanB
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:32pm@welovetheUSA
“The poor will always be poor…….the middle class and upper class support and pay for all ”
Your just full of yourself…………
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NHwinter
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:57pmBryanB – you are blind and ignorant. Welovetheusa is right!!
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mrunner
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:19pmCan’t read, can’t write, can’t do simple math- but hey, let’s teach them how to be vicitims! Let’s teach them they are bad because of their skin color. I am beginning to believe that these teachers are incapable of actually teaching the things that will help the kids be sucessful in life. Easier to “teach” their world view. Teach the kids what they need to succeed – they can develop their own world view without your twisted input!!!
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AxelPhantom
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:48pmIn my opinion part of the problem is that this class exists in the first place. If grade schools stopped teaching Spanish and added that time to English classes our kids would be less fluent in a foreign language but could actually spell in their native language. If they spent less time assigning the Twilight series and more time on the classics, high school graduates may be able to read and understand the bills passed by Congress instead of just taking a politicians word on the contents and effects.
Our system of education started to swirl the bowl when they added things beyond Language Arts, Math, Science and History (now a part of “Social Studies”). Get back to the basics, it is part of the reason that private schools do so much better, no fluff – just the real stuff.
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NHwinter
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:02pmCultural Marxism and the Origins of ‘Modern’ Sexual Morality
by Steve MacDonald
Here’s some “light viewing” to go with the morning coffee (eeeee), courtesy of Blogger Adam Cahn.
Adam has this posted on his site and provides some bulleted highlights (can I still use the word ‘bulleted?’) Go check them out whether you think you have time to watch this or not. Odds are good you’ll make time. (Video runs just over 22 minutes.)
This video shows how the Marxist taught how to make people believe they were victim and it is being taught in our school by today’s Marxists.
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AxelPhantom
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 6:45pmNH winter
Watched it. It actually confirms a lot of my own research. If you haven’t already checked out Gramsci, do it, it explains everything we see Dear Leader doing.
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ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 7:13pmIts the ultimate in cop outs!
Use race as an excuse as to why your not doing a well as others. White America got to the moon first and the White Russians were hot on our heels. It was not Black Africans who launched anything into space…even to this very day!
Lets remind our children of their lineage of greatness they come from, share it too and learn how the world works. We have to understand what is happening in this regard, then that way we don’t get lost ourselves.
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Wisdom7
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 8:34pm“Lets remind our children of their lineage of greatness they come from, share it too and learn how the world works. We have to understand what is happening in this regard, then that way we don’t get lost ourselves.”
How do you plan to do this when they are told being white is “bad”? Basically, they have been teaching kids for years now that the white male is the evil of the world. Don’t be fooled into thinking they are including women in this “white privilege” argument either. If you are Christian white male, then apparently you are the worst segment of society and cause all the problems according to the evil left. Everywhere I look it is just sickening. I am seriously sickened by this ignorant society that I live in.
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castious
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 8:51amAh our school problems really got started back in Jan.17,1962 when JFK issued his executive order 10988, from then on every thing went down the shiest hole, and has been exponentially worse each year ever since.there are ways to fix things wrong in this country but it will take a great majority of peaple with a good ethics and courage, because it will be painful very painful to turn the U.S.S.A back to the U.S.A that will uphold and defend the constitution.By the way what will be needed is an amendment that in order to be able to vote that person shall take the oath to the constitution.Also in the amendment there will be a penalty clause for treason, when the oath is foresworn. So you may think abit before you want to go and vote. :) hehe
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IrritableGimp
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:19pmWhy people keep sending their most precious possession, their children, to public schools (Indoctrination High) is beyond me.
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cassandra
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:19pmsend this school the DVD Runaway Slave I dare them to show it to their students,
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Mapache
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:18pmAny information on whether the teacher of the class, was of the privileged group or the victim group….my money is on…
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Locked
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:16pmSeveral years ago a young relative of mine was attending the University of Delaware and encountered this same kind of teaching (I remember in particular that he was disturbed when he was told “only whites can be racists, because only they have power in society” along with other such nonsense). Thankfully, one of his fellow students found a sympathetic faculty member who called out the University on this “diversity” program and enlisted the help of an organization called FIRE.
FIRE filed a lawsuit against the University for these teachings and went to the news with the details of the program. The flurry of disgusted messages and calls from parents forced the University’s hand, and the result was a complete revamp of the diversity program to actually focus on equality rather than antagonism. I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the university reacted and did a 180; you don’t expect many institutions of higher education to admit they were at fault and work to fix the problems.
My nephew graduated without there being any other issues with this kind of nonsense. Hopefully a similar outcome will result in this situation.
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John.Galt
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:13pmIn America, ALL minorities are OWED EVERYTHING, and ALL whites are guilty.
And people wonder why we are in decline…
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blazingaway
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:13pmthe teacher is probably looking to sue the school district when she is fired … just setting them up for cashing in.
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noslave
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:07pmas opposed to blk PRIVILEDGE?you can knock up many mommas with babies an others pay for your sneaking away from responsibilities??you commit crimes and those make excuses why you should be forgiven?you vote for obama and you get FREEBIES?ENOUGH OF THIS PITY PARTY?
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AllPeopleFreePeople
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:05pmThink of how much better society as a whole would be if “content of character were taught instead of “color of skin
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AvengerK
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:05pmYou can’t “unsay it” though..and that’s the game the left plays with us all. They don’t really care if this teacher gets reprimanded and the materials excluded from the curriculum..it’s already been said in the class room…some other lefty will now pick up the baton either in another class at school or the media or entertainment and voice the same sentiment until these young minds accept it as truth.
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drs1969
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 9:45pmThat teacher was taught this propaganda in College by a Leftist. Super. Crist is a liar when he says it wasn’t intentional.
This kind of thing has been around for years. My brother, a teacher, has been forced into ‘Diversity’ classes since the 90′s. He sent his kids to private schools. Tells you all you need to know.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:04pmDiversity class eh? Progressives have done a number on kids in this country.They’ve perverted American history and taught that America is the cause of all the world’s problems,it’s disgusting. Government indoctrination has destroyed two generations and it’ll take decades to correct if at all. End public education save America.
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patriot30-378
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:47pmNot too far from the truth brother. Divide and conquer. The ends justify the means. They are destroying everything you believe in. How long will good people let this go on?
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Mil-Dot
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:03pmThis kind of crap has been going on for the last 50 years.
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shorelineliz
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:03pmWay to go MOM! sock it to these schools! Get this crap out of these curriculums. This is basic Communism 101. Divide the masses. Make the masses discontent. Then the ruling elite has a much easier time of ruling. This is what this curriculum is all about. Division and discontent. A mass of discontent people is much easier to control. As Dostoyevsky said, “Give us bread. Give us bread. We will do anything for bread.” Half of America is already there.
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:02pmLiberal’s like to stretch the Truth and change things to fit their agenda — Just like Hitler was exposed Communist obama and his followers will be exposed also.
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perry1980
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:01pmWisconsin Schools. I should have known
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blanco5
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 4:15pmIt’s happening in more places than WIsconsin I assure you!
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soap on a rope
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 8:59pmThis is my generation, full of white guilt, grown up and teaching the next generation the same.
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