when it comes to CRT I’ll admit I have no idea what it is. I work in corporate America where a lot of this stuff is being pushed. I’ll listen. Also; I don’t want to get fired lmao.
That’s totally understandable, however, if ideologies like this are unchecked, they will lead to loyalty pledges like this:
I don’t get it, they just made them sign a document saying they pledge to not be racist? Again; not much I’m willing to make a fuss about. Keep the checks coming. It’s a job.
I don’t get it, they just made them sign a document saying they pledge to not be racist? Again; not much I’m willing to make a fuss about. Keep the checks coming. It’s a job.
That pledge is far from the most egregious of the "antiracist" pledges/workplace trainings (i.e. the Coca Cola training which told workers to be "less white") I've seen, but that's not all the pledge says and you know it.
Some examples from the pledge include:
Recognize the areas of my own privilege and positionality, and how they benefit me while disadvantaging others
Work to destabilize, revolutionize, and transform the oppressive systems that shape all aspects of our learning, our scholarship, and our work spaces
Recognize that our educational systems, including our school and university, and the nursing profession have advanced racist policies and practices that have harmed and excluded BIPOC individuals and communities
Obviously, the pledge is saying a little more than just "don't be racist." They're trying to get students and faculty to assume a worldview that is factually untrue (that systems within society are "systemically racist") and are intentionally divisive (that people in society can be separated into privileged oppressors and disadvantaged victim groups). The pledge also makes claims about spreading "equity," not equality, which is in itself racist as it privileges some groups and disadvantages other based on race. These are not good ideas to have if you're trying to run a functional organization.
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There’s only one group that claims they’re victimized enough that this will pass. You’re not getting “AP Irish American history/studies”, “AP Chinese American history/studies”, etc
I don’t know about Florida. In California there are AP courses for
Chinese Language and Culture French Language and Culture German Language and Culture Italian Language and Culture Latin Japanese Language and Culture Spanish Language and Culture Spanish Literature and Culture
African Americans have a different history compared to most Americans. For a long time America did not consider Blacks to be Americans.
in 1790 there were about 700,000 or about 18 percent of the US population as Black slaves.
by 1860 there were about 4 million Black slaves in the US. if one was Black in the US in 186O, one has about 90 percent chance of being a slave.
This along with Jim Crow caused African Americans to have a different history than other Americans.
For some people learning about African American history is a worthy pursuit. I don’t see it much different than learning about say French Language and culture.
I don’t get it, they just made them sign a document saying they pledge to not be racist? Again; not much I’m willing to make a fuss about. Keep the checks coming. It’s a job.
That pledge is far from the most egregious of the "antiracist" pledges/workplace trainings (i.e. the Coca Cola training which told workers to be "less white") I've seen, but that's not all the pledge says and you know it.
Some examples from the pledge include:
Recognize the areas of my own privilege and positionality, and how they benefit me while disadvantaging others
Work to destabilize, revolutionize, and transform the oppressive systems that shape all aspects of our learning, our scholarship, and our work spaces
Recognize that our educational systems, including our school and university, and the nursing profession have advanced racist policies and practices that have harmed and excluded BIPOC individuals and communities
Obviously, the pledge is saying a little more than just "don't be racist." They're trying to get students and faculty to assume a worldview that is factually untrue (that systems within society are "systemically racist") and are intentionally divisive (that people in society can be separated into privileged oppressors and disadvantaged victim groups). The pledge also makes claims about spreading "equity," not equality, which is in itself racist as it privileges some groups and disadvantages other based on race. These are not good ideas to have if you're trying to run a functional organization.
If I had a corporate gig at Coca Cola making six figures I’d gladly be less white.
That pledge is far from the most egregious of the "antiracist" pledges/workplace trainings (i.e. the Coca Cola training which told workers to be "less white") I've seen, but that's not all the pledge says and you know it.
Some examples from the pledge include:
Obviously, the pledge is saying a little more than just "don't be racist." They're trying to get students and faculty to assume a worldview that is factually untrue (that systems within society are "systemically racist") and are intentionally divisive (that people in society can be separated into privileged oppressors and disadvantaged victim groups). The pledge also makes claims about spreading "equity," not equality, which is in itself racist as it privileges some groups and disadvantages other based on race. These are not good ideas to have if you're trying to run a functional organization.
If I had a corporate gig at Coca Cola making six figures I’d gladly be less white.
Hell I’d tuck my weener between my legs for a job at woka cola. If anyone here works at Coca Cola HR please contact me. I’m very skilled. Many talents.
It would be a waste of my time reading the comments of uninformed persons. Since I posted a few days ago, has anyone stated they successfully completed a college level African American history course and the course has no merit?
It would be a waste of my time reading the comments of uninformed persons. Since I posted a few days ago, has anyone stated they successfully completed a college level African American history course and the course has no merit?
I went to college and never learned about racism. it was touched on in elementary school but not really. Had to educate myself post college to really learn anything
It would be a waste of my time reading the comments of uninformed persons. Since I posted a few days ago, has anyone stated they successfully completed a college level African American history course and the course has no merit?
I went to college and never learned about racism. it was touched on in elementary school but not really. Had to educate myself post college to really learn anything
You admit to being ignorant and uniformed. You have not taken African American history in college. Correct? I don't know what you have stated on this thread.
In junior high school, I took German and I took Spanish.
In high school, I took French, Biology and I took Chemistry.
In college, I took French, I took Biology and I took Physics. Not one of the courses listed were near my college major and none of the courses listed correlate strongly with my career. I am not worse off for taking any of the courses listed from junior high through college. I am waiting to read a post from a poster who successfully completed an African American history course in college and now feels worse for doing so. Poster, did you believe I was talking to you with my first post this morning?
I haven't taken one. However, one of my friends from high school took it his senior year and hated it. He thought it was going to be about AFRICAN history (i.e. reading Nigerian, Ghanian, Ethiopian, Kenyan; or authors) rather than African American history.
Granted, he also had insanely low opinions of American blacks, but I'm not sure if I'd call it racist since he was ethnically African.
It would be a waste of my time reading the comments of uninformed persons. Since I posted a few days ago, has anyone stated they successfully completed a college level African American history course and the course has no merit?
Probably because most aren't dumb enough to waste their time like that. Ever hear of opportunity cost?
I went to college and never learned about racism. it was touched on in elementary school but not really. Had to educate myself post college to really learn anything
You admit to being ignorant and uniformed. You have not taken African American history in college. Correct? I don't know what you have stated on this thread.
In junior high school, I took German and I took Spanish.
In high school, I took French, Biology and I took Chemistry.
In college, I took French, I took Biology and I took Physics. Not one of the courses listed were near my college major and none of the courses listed correlate strongly with my career. I am not worse off for taking any of the courses listed from junior high through college. I am waiting to read a post from a poster who successfully completed an African American history course in college and now feels worse for doing so. Poster, did you believe I was talking to you with my first post this morning?
No I don’t feel worse for taking any classes. I’m just being a d!ck trolling people who think historical Black disfranchisement is some sort of communist subversion tactic.
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When i went to school it was AP US History, AP Calc, AP English, AP Spanish, AP French.
AP African American studies belongs nowhere near the above core curriculum advanced placement courses.
A lot of these elective AP classes are designed to give mediocre students an opportunity to boost their GPAs with a weighted class. They are also offered in high schools to raise their rankings. AP World History is one of the toughest AP classes because there is so much content. Shockingly, most high schools don’t offer it because it’s very hard to pass the AP test.
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It all depends where you go. The top, top high schools (NE boarding schools + a few others) don't offer AP. The tier below (think schools ranked between 30-100 on Niche, still very, very good schools but not the true "elite" ones) offer AP.
I went to the best school in my state. My AP classes were more difficult than my classes at a top 10 college, with the exception of classes related to my major, and my friends felt the same way. Especially if you were one of the top students, who would take post AP courses, college classes felt easy.
Call me crazy but African Americans have played a large roll in building the culture, economy and infrastructure if this country. I am not black. But imagine if you were. He is saying your people and history have no educational value. Nobody needs to learn about you. yowsa!
In reality what this really is:
”Stop teaching anything that might make white people like me and my kids uncomfortable”.
I support this move 100%. There are only American Studies. Any government, tax-payer subsidized institution should not be allowing, let alone endorsing, such divisiveness. Such classes are also clearly racist.
It all depends where you go. The top, top high schools (NE boarding schools + a few others) don't offer AP. The tier below (think schools ranked between 30-100 on Niche, still very, very good schools but not the true "elite" ones) offer AP.
I went to the best school in my state. My AP classes were more difficult than my classes at a top 10 college, with the exception of classes related to my major, and my friends felt the same way. Especially if you were one of the top students, who would take post AP courses, college classes felt easy.
I guess they don't teach how to properly construct a sentence in English at the best school in your state.