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<blockquote data-quote="uncle money bags" data-source="post: 1896011" data-attributes="member: 8377"><p>Lets talk political correctness. In my view it has getting exponentially worse in the last few years, especially when the target is racism, but this story just floors me. I am all for being sensitive to other peoples feelings but... well just read on. There is more of the story at Weasel Zippers.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Via Portland Tribune:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong> Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong> Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong> What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches? says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portlands Cully neighborhood.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong> Another way would be to say: Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that? Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong> Guitierrez, along with all of Portland Public Schools principals, will start the new school year off this week by drilling in on the language of Courageous Conversations, the district-wide equity training being implemented in every building in phases during the past few years.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong> Through intensive staff trainings, frequent staff meetings, classroom observations and other initiatives, the premise is that if educators can understand their own white privilege, then they can change their teaching practices to boost minority students performance.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong> Last Wednesday, the first day of the school year for staff, for example, the first item of business for teachers at Scott School was to have a Courageous Conversation to examine a news article and discuss the white privilege it conveys.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong> Most of the staff are on board, but there is some opposition to a drum class being offered to middle school boys of color at Scott School.</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="uncle money bags, post: 1896011, member: 8377"] Lets talk political correctness. In my view it has getting exponentially worse in the last few years, especially when the target is racism, but this story just floors me. I am all for being sensitive to other peoples feelings but... well just read on. There is more of the story at Weasel Zippers. [SIZE=3][B]Via Portland Tribune: Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day. Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year. What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches? says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portlands Cully neighborhood. Another way would be to say: Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that? Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita. Guitierrez, along with all of Portland Public Schools principals, will start the new school year off this week by drilling in on the language of Courageous Conversations, the district-wide equity training being implemented in every building in phases during the past few years. Through intensive staff trainings, frequent staff meetings, classroom observations and other initiatives, the premise is that if educators can understand their own white privilege, then they can change their teaching practices to boost minority students performance. Last Wednesday, the first day of the school year for staff, for example, the first item of business for teachers at Scott School was to have a Courageous Conversation to examine a news article and discuss the white privilege it conveys. Most of the staff are on board, but there is some opposition to a drum class being offered to middle school boys of color at Scott School.[/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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