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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2021 22:49:49 GMT
The irony of this is that a Twitter account called Libs of Tik Tok (it posts various videos of "liberals"saying or doing absurd things) posted this on Twitter in criticism of the teacher not due to cultural appropriation but more an observation that this is the standard of teaching.....so the free speech guys have now changed their mind and decided that they need to defend her right to make fool of herself.....
The culture wars of 2016 feel almost quaint compared to the current situation the West has found itself in since 2020.
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Post by Sneelock on Oct 24, 2021 0:08:29 GMT
“I yam outraged by your outrage to my outrage!’
Too bad our culture is so fucking NUMB that we don’t even talk about things that need to change until somebody expresses outrage. Then, instead of doing anything about it — the Outrage Cycle begins. Then we just hit each other over the head with bigger and bigger things like in the cartoons.
It seems to me that this is a fun teacher trying to liven up what I’m sure can be a deadly dull subject to teach. We used to have “slave auctions” in high school to raise money for good causes. Raising money for good causes is a nice thing to do but I dearly hope that High Schools having slave auctions now isn’t nearly as common. There are other ways of raising money for good causes.
It used to be that our society at large could hobble along and things that were once common but problematic could wear away over time. It doessn’t seem to work that way anymore That lady seems like a good teacher but I think the time for doing that sort of thing is pretty much behind us. I’m sure she can find something else fun to do. I listen to Native Americans on public afffairs programming and they talk like normal people. They still do dances but if they do one to teach trigonometry I’ll bet it looks a lot different than that. “Cultural sensitivity” might be hard for us to get used to but,hell, we’re like cockroaches, man. We can get used to anything!
My last year of High School my art teacher told me I could paint whatever I wanted on a piece of wall over some lockers. I painted a cartoon rat in a fez drinking a beer and smoking a cigar. Nobody gave a shit at the time. I’m sure that rat is long gone.I hope he left without causing a Fucking outrage cycle and I suspect he did.
They were simpler times.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Oct 24, 2021 12:33:51 GMT
They were, and lots of wrong/bad shit went down and we saw it and knew it and didn't have the words for it. We knew not to stick our necks out to far cause, no one was going to back us up and there would probably be retribution for speaking up. Hence we buried everything in dark/black humor(which now seems/is seen as transgressive). This situation is a weird one, obviously there is a wider context. People are too willing to condemn and judge, rather than understand the context. It probably isn't the best thing for this teacher to be using this get up, but i also don't think she is intending to mock Native culture. But her choices are poor and easily misinterpreted, thus she needs to change her approach ASAP. There are far worse, more hateful displays at any counter demonstration to Native fishing rights (or friday night high school football game that has team that still uses a Native name/moniker/mascot). That said I can see how easily all of this can be lumped into one big toxic stew of the larger culture trammeling the minority culture. There may be also the feeling of Native concerns being left out of the current discussions of Women's, Black, Latino, LGBTQI+ concerns.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2021 12:49:49 GMT
A-level textbook removed over ‘inappropriate’ question on Native Americans Tutor says she was ‘absolutely horrified’ at exercises
A history textbook has sparked outrage over a question on Native American history
An A-level history textbook has been removed from circulation due to an “inappropriate” question on the treatment of Native Americans.
The publisher of USA 1865-1975: The Making of a Superpower said it would be withdrawn from sale after a tutor raised concerns on social media.
Hannah Wilkinson shared an image from the textbook on Twitter, showing students were asked to answer: “To what extent do you believe the treatment of Native Americans has been exaggerated?”
Another exercise in the AQA/Hodder textbook asked pupils to draw and complete scales with criticisms and defence of the treatment of Native Americans on each side.
Addiction isn’t shameful – so why aren’t more universities offering students the support they need to recover? “In what world is this is an acceptable question/exercise to ask students to complete on the history of Native Americans in late 1800s US?” Ms Wilkinson said. “Actually horrified.”
The publisher has since agreed to withdraw the textbook.
“We agree that this content is inappropriate and are going to remove this book from sale,” Hodder Education said. “We will conduct a thorough review of the content with subject experts.”
AQA also replied to Ms Wilkinson’s tweet, saying it had spoken to Hodder Schools about the textbook.
“They’ll remove this book from sale and review its content,” the exam board said.
“We’re also working together with publishers to ensure that new and updated editions of AQA-approved textbooks meet our commitment to EDI (equity, diversity and inclusion).”
Back in 2018, a GCSE sociology textbook which claimed fathers and husbands were “largely absent” from Caribbean families was withdrawn after it sparked outrage on social media.
The book received more criticism after other statements came to light, including the claim that working-class children often lacked the right “attitudes” to succeed in education.
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