@TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 11 months agoNewest "anti-woke" tantrum: Right-wingers don't think kids of different races can be friendswww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down126file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1382arrow-down1external-linkNewest "anti-woke" tantrum: Right-wingers don't think kids of different races can be friendswww.salon.com@TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 11 months agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.world
minus-square@postmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•11 months agoSo the child was uncomfortable because they don’t believe people of different color should hold hands?
minus-square@aidan@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilink0•11 months ago However, the unintended consequences of that poster made the first grader feel like ‘why wouldn’t I be accepted here?’ According to the official
minus-square@postmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•11 months agoAh…missed that bit. they would have been forced to teach about segregation and racism.
minus-square@aidan@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilink0•11 months agoThat could be why, idk. But I don’t think that would be the child’s motive. But the story could also just be manufactured by the official.
minus-square@postmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•11 months agoI was not assigning a motive to the child. I was figuring out why the school could not defend the poster. The child asked why they might have not felt included, which leads to the followup questions about who was excluded and why. And the answers are slavery, racism, and segregation.
So the child was uncomfortable because they don’t believe people of different color should hold hands?
According to the official
Ah…missed that bit.
they would have been forced to teach about segregation and racism.
That could be why, idk. But I don’t think that would be the child’s motive. But the story could also just be manufactured by the official.
I was not assigning a motive to the child. I was figuring out why the school could not defend the poster.
The child asked why they might have not felt included, which leads to the followup questions about who was excluded and why.
And the answers are slavery, racism, and segregation.