In Fairfax County, VA they play "Privilege Bingo" in the schools. What a woke-a$$ bunch of bullchit.
Screen shot from the class:
Parents who complained received a note from Assistant Superintendent Douglas A. Tyson that said:
The screen shot you reference comes from an approved FCPS English Curriculum lesson that is centered around students selecting a “choice” test and examining in detail the author’s perspective on a wide-range [sic] of issues. Students are asked, in the lesson, to read critically and think critically about the author’s perspective on several fronts including the author’s privilege that may or may not be present in the work. Students are then asked independently and self reflectively to juxtapose their thoughts regarding any perceived privilege they think they may have and how they would potentially rewrite portions of the text. Students are not asked or required to report out their self-reflections. This lesson is an adept vehicle to push student thinking to challenge the author’s thoughts/conclusions and to sharpen their ability to critically lead selected texts.
If you are a native English speaker you are privileged. If you are white you are privileged. If you are cisgender you are privileged. if you are male you are privileged. If you parents are married you are privileged. If one or your parents are in the military your are privileged.
And you TNets libs talk all this chit down like it is no big deal. This chit is here and now and is ruining kids and the causing a lot of effing problems. You people must just be too stupid to see it.
on the left: Common sense is gone. Individual responsibility is gone. Everyone is a victim - a victim even of chit that is made up and does not exist.
The world of the left must be a horrible place to live.
This is the same school system where school board member Abrar Omeish, whose father was on the board of the mosque attended by 9/11 hijackers and hired as imam a top Al-Qaeda operative, forcefully opposed a resolution honoring the victims of the attacks on their 20th anniversary.
Glad the TNet progressives support the 9/11 attackers and are voting these people on our school boards so they can do great things with our kids.
Very nice click and paste from the daily wire I presume?
I do notice that no one seems to reference what grade this is in probably on purpose to make it look like it’s to 2nd graders … because if you said it was a 12th grade AP English class it wouldn’t have as much impact correct?
Hate to tell you people the world isn’t a fair place. And it’s been all too accommodating to straight white men for centuries. And that’s ending. So if you don’t learn how to operate in a more multi cultural environment you’re going to be left behind. This is not playing victim. This is honestly assessing your place in the world and how to work with others who don’t come from your world.
You can be scared. You can be frightened. Because yes the black and brown men and women are coming for you. And they’re smarter. Faster. And harder working.
But your racism and sexism comes in the fact that you think only women and black people have have "worked to get there". I bet you actually believe that you are not a racist.
Probably going to get a little more nuanced in my research of these people.
Hiring someone or not hiring someone based on whether or not they look like you is a pretty low level of thinking. Unless you're trying to hire a doppelganger.
Oh I see. Do it’s not racist. Let me try. I prefer to hire “white dudes” over women and people of color because they work harder. Nothing wrong with that statement right?
Ummmm isn’t that what capitalism is about? Finding people who are more productive? People who have bootstrapped themselves up? Isn’t that who we are supposed to look after?
I’m very confused by all of your platitudes toward the working poor and capitalism. Because it seems like you want to continue to reward mediocrity because they look like you
I’ve actually hired plenty of women and people of color. If I’m hearing you say I can hire who I want based on who I believe will be the most productive then you and I finally agree on something.
What I’m saying is your definition of “best people” and mines is different.
Question I had above was you take the exact same resume and experience for a role I bet you’ll opt to take the white guy over the women or person of color or both. I’ll be generous 80% of the time you will. This is because you identify with them more than the other person. They look and sound like you and probably have similar experiences so you can relate better.
Me? I opt the other direction. Because 90% of the time the non white male had to work 3x as hard to get to the exact same spot. That’s the intangible they have that often y’all over look because you live in this fantasy world of equality.
The world isn’t fair or equal. At all. Not even close. And I reward that to people who have climbed the mountain
Is this a Tucker Carlson fallback? Seems to be the common refrain amongst the non-woke crowd
You know what? I do. As you do me.
I’m a lot more similar to you than you think. I’ve been called a dirty Muslim on here. Just because I stick up against the narrative that black and brown people and immigrants are bad.
So can we get some more inventive than assuming fallbacks? Cause it’s kinda lazy
You and I are absolutely nothing alike. I am certain of that. By you do seem to make random assumptions about people. I have no idea about the Tucker reference because I don’t watch the show.
Now why don't you tell us what the root of Fascism is?
You seem oddly unaware. Actually you keep thumbing up a lot of the derps who keep calling leftists "Fascists"...which is impossible, any more than a cat cannot be a dog.
This is teaching Taylor and Summer not everyone has a beach house and internet access
Envy would be telling poor people to say “look at all these shiny toys Elon musk has. Aren’t the great! If you just work hard enough you can do the same thing”
And all the while knowing that poor kid in a trailer has no chance. His daddy didn’t own a gem mine. He didn’t get to go to Wharton and Stanford and not worry about paying for it. He didn’t have access to the most advanced tech in grade school.
That’s what the elite teach to keep the poor down … charlatan promises to keep them happy as they toil for scraps
How’s that billion dollar idea going? Shoot I’ll make it easier. Million dollar? Hell I should bring it down even more. Thousand dollar? How’s that going for you?
These guys inviting you on their rocket ships yet? No? Why not?
Some of those are privileges, some I wouldn't say so.
Jan 19, 2022, 8:57 AM
For example, I wouldn't consider skin color, gender, or religion to necessarily be a "privilege".
But a lot of them are. I thank God that I was privileged to have parents who were married, and stayed married, to be able-bodied, to be employed, to never have to worry about food. I don't take those things as an insult or anything. A lot of people don't have those advantages.
Most of what is considered privilege on that board seems to be pretty standard. But I understand the left needs to lower standards to feel normal in society.
For you this is standard. You just don’t appreciate how good you have it.
English speaking straight Food security Etc
Over 70% of the world doesn’t fall into these 3 buckets. And it’s probably 90%+. Hence why it’s important for YOU to realize it. To make YOU a better person
There you go assuming again. I didn't say I didn't appreciate it. The left has lowered standards so much, that much of the basics on the board are now considered privilege.
Being able to eat should be standard. We may disagree with how to get to that point, but man I would at least hope you would agree that having something to eat shouldn't be considered a privilege.
Being able to eat should be a standard in society. By calling something a privilege that should be considered a standard, we are lowering our standards as a society.
Ok we agree being able to eat should be standard. Yes.
So to those 20% that can’t eat what do we do? I am with you food security shouldnt be a privilege so what’s your path to bring the 20% into being standard? Because it isn’t standard today.
Sometimes it's important to note where folks begin to disagree to understand that it isn't a binary "this is all correct" vs "this is all wrong" kind of thing. So my question is simply...
Do you believe that any of those things listed are inherently advantageous things that would allow folks to bypass certain challenges or impediments in life? And, if so, do you believe that a member of one or multiple of those groups would likely have a different outlook on life that would not include those inherent challenges that they didn't personally experience?
It seems folks want to equate privilege in this context with something that should cause guilt.
I check 24/25 boxes in the original post. I don't see that as a negative or something to be guilty about. I do see it as something I should recognize as inherently advantageous and that allowed me not to experience the same challenges as some other folks.
It seems to me that there is a disconnect at the start of the conversation.
Just look at p6fuller's posts in this thread to see that,
Jan 19, 2022, 10:31 AM
yikes.
People cannot process guilt or shame healthily to begin with, then throw in privilege, which shouldn't illicit guilt or shame, and they get all angry. There's no point in discussing it with most.
It isn’t to cause guilt. It’s to help us understand that not everyone has the same path in life and have to work to overcome multiple different challenges. It’s to enable us to understand and empathize better. Not cause guilt
I imagine it goes back to this bigger lie most of us are taught growing up that is some variation of you get what you deserve or if you just work hard enough you can achieve anything. Some people have a hard time admitting they had advantages because they think by admission it means they didn't work hard or that they did something wrong.
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