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Wisconsin school district limits discussions about white privilege

US news March 14, 2018
A school principal in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, resigned after a student-led exercise on the topic of white privilege sparked outrage among parents. The school district is now taking action to limit discussions about "social privilege" outside of classrooms.
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· 10 Mar 2018

A Martin Luther King Day exercise that touched on the subject of white privilege set off a firestorm in that predominantly white community.

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· 14 Mar 2018

Students in a 90% white school in rural Wisconsin wanted to have a discussion of race and privilege. Principal let them hold an assembly. He got fired, such assemblies got banned.

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· 14 Mar 2018
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this parts seems especially telling.

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· 14 Mar 2018

In a school with a Potawatomi name, in a state named in a combination of Algonquian languages, white parents refuse to allow their children to even discuss the concept of "white privilege". Article has a link to a petition in support the kids/principal.

Wisconsin principal fired, school board member resigns as board cracks down on student-led discussion of "white privilege."
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· 12 Mar 2018

“We had parents in our community who felt like the concept of privilege went a little far, particularly for some of our younger students," Rindo said last week. It doesn't mean we can't teach children about diversity...” Man, we got work to do 🤦🏿‍♂️

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· 13 Mar 2018

This quote right here points to the limits of diversity as a framework for promoting racial justice. “‘Our board is fine with discussions about diversity ... but white privilege is a lightning rod for some parents,’ said Wiemer, the board president”

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· 14 Mar 2018

Speak truth to power, power will always push back.

Wisconsin principal fired, school board member resigns as board cracks down on student-led discussion of "white privilege."
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· 12 Mar 2018

The mere mention of racism and privilege, in the context of a MLK program, caused a change in the school curriculum? Truly that is an op-ed about triggering, snowflakes, safe spaces, and the politically incorrect that i'd actually be ready to read

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· 12 Mar 2018

We spend so much time arguing about the "politically incorrect" through the lens of Milo and Richard Spencer, and not on stuff like this: a Wisconsin school district just limited discussions of racism after a MLK program made white families uncomfortable

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· 14 Mar 2018

The chances that any of the New York Times op-ed free speech warriors writing about this? Nada, nothing, zippo, zero, etc

Wisconsin principal fired, school board member resigns as board cracks down on student-led discussion of "white privilege."
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