Wisconsin Curriculum Berates Kids for 'White Privilege'
Way to shame the tots
MADISON – "(R)acism is caused by white people, by our attitudes, behaviors, practices, and institutions … How do you justify it for yourself?"
That's the heavy-handed question asked of Wisconsin's public school teachers, one of many similar assertions found in a conference handout from a controversial state Department of Public Instruction initiative to combat "white privilege" in the classroom.
The four-year-old CREATE Wisconsin education initiative was ostensibly designed to help public school educators reach disadvantaged students. Now, thanks to an EAG News expose, CREATE , the acronym for Culturally Responsive Education for All: Training and Enhancement, may be more notorious for its racially charged teaching points.
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Please put this up as a single item on H&R.
Tony and the Trolls will be sure to comment. It should be good for 300 comments.
I'll be making popcorn.
How do you justify it for yourself?
Yay! Another iteration of "You're racist. Prove me wrong."
Then again, I guess I'm racist for only finding logical arguments worth responding to. Cause logic is racist, remember?
"Racism is caused by white people."
Which is not a racist statement at all.