Tuesday's filing alleges District 65 instructed Pre-K through second grade teachers to ask students: "What is your understanding of whiteness?" Meanwhile, fourth grade teachers were instructed to ask how Whiteness showed up in a political cartoon.
The correct response for white people to these proposals is: Why should I give up my relative privilege for others? They’ll talk about equity and fairness but the correct response is – “I reject your morally reprehensible ideas which are neither fair nor equitable. I will never give up my ‘privilege'”. It’s better to admit your privilege these days and refuse to give it up than to deny it exists at all.
I mean really, what are they going to do about it?
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The correct response for white people to these proposals is: Why should I give up my relative privilege for others? They’ll talk about equity and fairness but the correct response is – “I reject your morally reprehensible ideas which are neither fair nor equitable. I will never give up my ‘privilege'”. It’s better to admit your privilege these days and refuse to give it up than to deny it exists at all.
I mean really, what are they going to do about it?
And may more teachers and parents follow suit.